Makes about 10 meatballs
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground turkey
- 1/2 cup chopped basil
- 1 cup chopped kale (or spinach)
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup of your favorite tomato sauce
- salt + pepper
- garlic salt
- red pepper flakes
- 1-2 tablespoons cold water
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- In a food processor, pulse the chopped basil, cold water (start with 1 tablespoon, and add a second if the basil “paste” is too dry”)
- In a large bowl, combine the turkey, basil paste, chopped kale (or spinach), egg, salt + pepper, and garlic salt (to taste)
- Roll turkey mixture into equal size balls (should make about 10)
- In a cooking pan (preferably one that can go in the oven), heat olive oil over medium heat on stovetop. Add meatballs and brown about 3 minutes on each side.
- Transfer the meatballs to the oven (in the same pan, if it is oven safe!), and cook for 18 minutes
- Once the meatballs are cooked through, add marinara sauce on top of the meatballs and cook for another 1-2 minutes
- Serve over zucchini noodles, top with red pepper flakes
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