Tasty Tuesday: Sugar n' Spice and Everything Nice Meatballs

Happy Tuesday everyone! I'm happy to report that I finished my Isagenix 30 day "cleanse" over the weekend and lost 10lbs! I didn't want to lose a ton of weight, but really wanted to take around 10-15lbs off in the hopes of losing the last little bit of baby weight! I'm back to eating regular meals now with a shake or two thrown in, but more or less I'm back to my non-shake diet, which means I'm in the market for more healthy meal options! 

If you've been tuning into the blog for awhile now then you know that my sister in law Deanna is a Beachbody coach, and is currently working toward her Holistic Nutrition degree! 

 

Isn't she the cutest?!

She always has delicious and healthy recipes to share, and most importantly she shares my love of meatballs! That sounds vaguely dirty, but go with it. I love them because they are a great source of protein with very little carbs involved. I can serve them to my husband over pasta, rice, or on a bun, and I can have mine with a side of veggies! Win, win!  Since it's been (gasp!) several weeks since we've shared a meatball recipe, we thought it was time to remedy that! 

I feel like most meatball recipes fall into either the Italian or Asian genre, so I loved these because they had the sweet and crispy outside coating from the brown sugar with a little spicy kick on the inside! A different and surprising twist on meatballs! Enjoy!

 

Brown Sugar-Glazed SPICY Meatballs

Ingredients

For the Meatballs:

·        2 lbs ground turkey

·        11/4 cup rolled oats

·        2 eggs, lightly beaten

·        1 teaspoon paprika

·        1 teaspoon mustard powder

·        1 teaspoon cayenne pepper (1/2 tsp if you’d like it less spicy!)

·        ½ teaspoon salt

·        ⅛ teaspoon fresh ground pepper, or to taste

·        1 teaspoon garlic powder

·        1 teaspoon dried oregano

For the Glaze:

·        ¾ cup light brown sugar

·        2 tablespoons white vinegar

·        1 tablespoon rice vinegar

Instructions

1.     Preheat oven to 350.

2.     Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.

3.     In a large bowl, combine ground turkey, oats, eggs, paprika, mustard powder, cayenne pepper, salt, fresh ground pepper, garlic powder and oregano.

4.     Using a potato masher, mash until well combined and thoroughly incorporated.

5.     Shape mixture into 1-inch balls and place on previously prepared baking sheet. You may have to do this in two batches, depending on the size of your baking sheet.

6.     Bake for 18 minutes, or until cooked through.  I like to turn each meatball when there is approx. 5 minutes left.

Prepare the glaze when meatballs are done cooking.

1.     In a large, non-stick frying pan, combine brown sugar, white vinegar and rice vinegar.

2.     Add baked meatballs to the pan and cook over medium heat for 10 minutes, tossing meatballs occasionally.

3.     Remove from frying pan.

4.     Serve.