Breakfast Meat & Veggie Balls (Phase 1)

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Registered: 03-19-2003
Breakfast Meat & Veggie Balls (Phase 1)
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Fri, 07-02-2004 - 10:00pm
Breakfast Meat & Veggie Balls (Phase 1)

2 lbs jennie-o turkey breakfast sausage
1 lb VERY lean ground beef
2 eggs or their equivalent in egg substitute
1/4 cup minced onion
1/4 cup minced bell pepper
1/4 cup coursely chopped mushrooms
pepper

Remove the sausage from the casings by making a slit in the casing and pushing the sausage out. It's kinda nasty but it goes fairly quickly. Mix with ground beef 'til mostly combined, then add all other ingredients and combine well.

Form into small balls (about two tablespoons of the mixture per ball) and place on a broiler rack sprayed with non-stick spray. The turkey sausage is sticky and weird, so I recommend keeping the meat mixture cold and a bowl of cold water to dip your hands into while you're forming the balls. It makes them form more easily and release from your hands (you'll see what I mean. *laughs*).

Bake at 350°F for 15 to 20 minutes, then turn the meatballs over and continue baking for another 15 or so minutes, or until they're nicely browned and reach an internal temp of at least 165°F.

Freeze separately on a cookie sheet, then stick them in a freezer bag using 1 or 2 as a serving as you need them.

Susan :)

 

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Registered: 05-20-2004
Sat, 07-03-2004 - 1:58am
Susan, thank you for taking the time to post all these recipes. Especially the p1 recipes. I have a couple friends in p1 right now and they're having a tough time. I'm going to definitely try a few of these. Thanks, Tricia.

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Registered: 03-19-2003
Sat, 07-03-2004 - 8:46am

You are welcome!

Susan :)

 

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Registered: 03-05-2004
Sat, 07-03-2004 - 1:10pm
Susan,

A major ditto from me. I know what it takes to post one recipe, and I am definitely going to try a number of these. Starting with the breakfast meatballs and the spinach/mushroom dish. Are they all from the SBD cookbook?

Rebecca

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Registered: 03-19-2003
Sat, 07-03-2004 - 11:17pm

I found them on a South beach friendly site and thought I'd share... sound so good don't they??? Let us know how they are!!!


Susan :)