Easy Meatballs

Meatballs

Ingredients:

1 pound of ground beef

2 eggs, beaten

1 c. rolled oats*

3/4 c. parmesan cheese

**2 tbsp. parsley

2 minced garlic cloves

1 tsp. salt

1/2 tsp. pepper

* I use anything from rolled oats to whole wheat bread crumbs to wheat bran and oatmeal, etc. I also throw in ground flax seed sometimes--depends on what I have on hand. :o)

**You can add what ever spices would be most appropriate for the recipe you are going to put the meatballs in.

Directions:

1. Mix together all ingredients well.

2. Divide and shape into meatballs. (I usually make about 24 meatballs.) You can use a cookie dough type scoop to help keep them uniform or dump the meat mixture on a flat surface, shape it into a rectangle and then divide it into 24 sections with a pizza cutter, then shape into the meatballs.

3. Place the meatballs on a broiler pan. Cook in 400 degree oven for ten minutes or until done. ***This is SO much easier than trying to cook them in a skillet, I tried that and always ended up with glorified ground beef! It also allows a lot of the grease to be cooked out! You can let them drain on paper towels to decrease the grease even more.

When I buy ground beef, I generally double this recipe and cook them, then put them in the freezer to use in spaghetti, make Swedish meatballs or pizza meatballs at a later time.

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