Meatballs

I have discovered that I am not a fan of ground beef, something about the texture I think. (I don't know if I had mentioned but I was a vegetarian for about six years, a pescatarian (I ate fish) for about a year, and then I got pregnant and had to switch to eating meat for nutritional reasons so I am just starting to discover meat recipes). However, David and I bought about 6 pounds of it because it was on sale and he likes ground beef and at the time, I didn't know I didn't like it. I've been trying to use it up. We've had it in meatloaf, chili, hamburgers, and now meatballs. In this recipe you could also use ground turkey but make sure it has enough fat to it or it won't stick together. You could also drizzle in olive oil if you already have lean turkey.

The seasonings are totally to taste but I used

• 1 tsp italian seasoning
• 1/2 tsp salt (if you skip this, your meatballs might end up really bland depending on what you pair them with)
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 1 tsp minced onion (you could use real onions but it's always a battle in our house to find someone willing to chop the onion)
• 1 egg
• bread crumbs (we don't buy bread crumbs so we used 2 slices of toasted bread ripped up. If you buy seasoned bread crumbs, you may want to adjust your other seasonings)
• 1 pound ground beef (or turkey)

Grease a 9x13 pan and put in the oven WHILE preheating to 350. Mix all your ingredients in a bowl and form into balls (you can use an ice cream scoop if it's easier). When the oven is ready, take out the baking dish and add your meatballs. Cook for 20 minutes (with an optional turning over at 15 minutes).

You could also add cheese to these. I hear parmesan or mozzarella is really good with meatballs. I also think that more basil and oregano in addition to the italian seasoning might be really good too but I didn't do it because David doesn't really like them in the first place.