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Grilled Meatballs

Written By: Chris - Aug• 05•15

I often get inspiration for dinner ideas from watching various Food Network programs that I typically watch while doing my morning work out routine games download lkw.  I recently saw a couple of variations of meatballs and decided to make some jumbo style for the grill.  I often substitute, or combine ground turkey with ground beef in a recipe rollercoaster tycoon 3 kostenlos downloaden vollversion chip.  Ground turkey can be a little more bland, but combining it with beef and additional ingredients that you have on hand adds a lot of flavor.

Zucchini is in abundance this time of year and I recently purchased a new kitchen gadget called the “Veggetti”, which turns veggies into healthy spaghetti download mp3 from youtube without program!  Zucchini is healthier than traditional pasta and have a delicious taste and perfect texture when sliced in the Veggetti! The Veggetti as allows you to cut thin spaghetti size or thick fettuccine size zucchini noodles that are a great alternative to pasta when you’re looking for something lighter youtube mp3 downloader kostenlos.  Keep the zucchini peel on also has health benefits.  Primarily, the peel offers extra fiber and also vitamin C.  I had a lot of fresh tomatoes as well and created my own red sauce, but you could sure simplify things by using your favorite pre-made pasta sauce videos youtube herunterladen online.

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Ingredients: 

1 1/2 lbs schriftarten kostenlos open office downloaden. ground Beef, 80-20%
1 lb. ground Turkey
2 Eggs, slightly beaten
3/4 Cup Parmesan Cheese, grated in the green shaker
1/2 Cup Romano Cheese, grated
1/2 Cup fresh Parmesan Cheese, grated (plus more for topping)
1 – 2 Tablespoons of Italian Seasoning
1 Cup Italian Style Bread Crumbs
Salt & Pepper, to taste
Fresh Zucchini, for noodles
Pasta Sauce

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Prepare, or heat the red sauce and maintain heat on low while you prepare the meatballs minecraft kostenlos herunterladen für windows 10.

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In a medium sized bowl, combine the two ground meats civilization 2 kostenlos downloaden vollversion.  Add the grated cheese and bread crumbs, as well as the Italian Seasoning, salt and pepper.  In a small bowl, scramble the eggs with about two tablespoons of water downloaden aus mediatheken.

When combining the ingredients for the meatballs, mix gently and handle the meatballs as little as possible, and don’t fully compress the meat too tightly download sims for free in full version.  I use an ice cream scoop to keep them consistent in size.

Preheat your grill to medium high, using only half of the burners.

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Place meatballs onto an aluminum grilling plate that has been sprayed with non stick cooking spray; allowing a little room between meatballs.  Place pan of meatballs on the side of the grill with indirect heat.

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I maintained a temperature of around 400 to 450 degrees and turned the meatballs occasionally to cook evenly on all sides.  I pulled them once the color of the center is just browned all the way through and finished them inside of the sauce.

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Because ground turkey needs to cook to a higher temperature than ground beef, it is important to cook the burgers or meat loaf to an internal temperature of 165 degrees.

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Cut the zucchini into noodles and bring a saucepan of water to a boil.

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Add salt and add the zucchini noodles and cook very briefly; about one to two minutes until they are tender.  Immediately remove from the water by draining the water off through a colander.  Allow to sit in the colander long enough for any excess water to drain.

Spoon zucchini onto plates and spoon on meatballs and sauce.  Top with additional shredded or grated cheese.

We paired this meal with a wonderful 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon by Charles Krug!

Enjoy!
Cheers!
~Chris

 

 

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