Kid-friendly baked turkey & pork meatballs

I love making and freezing these kid-friendly tasty meatballs to serve them with pasta. They go well with tomato sauce, but they’re flavorful enough to enjoy without any sauce. I served them over buttered pasta in the video. For hubs and I, we served them with Caesar salad. They are kid-friendly and family-friendly. 😉 Plus, they are super simple to make.

I like to mix in some ground pork with ground turkey. I think pork improves the texture and flavor of very fine ground turkey. Beef gelatin also helps with the texture, but it is optional if you don’t have any on hand.

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Kid friendly baked turkey & pork meatballs

Makes about 35-40 meatballs

Author whiteblankspace

Ingredients

• 3 medium-size carrots
• 2 eggs
• 2 lb ground turkey
• 1 lb ground pork
• 1 cup panko bread crumbs
• 1 cup ground Parmesan cheese
• 2~3 tsp salt
• 1 tbsp ground cumin
• 2 tsp ground coriander
• 2 tsp garlic powder
• 1 tsp sage powder
• 1 tbsp optional beef gelatin

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 375F
2. Peel and chop carrots into 1″ chunks. Add to a food processor and pulse until very finely chopped but before it becomes a mush.
3. In a bowl, whisk eggs.
4. Add all ingredients into the bowl and mix thoroughly.
5. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
6. Form meatballs in the size of a golf ball and place them on the sheet, not touching each other.
7. Bake for about 25 minutes or until cooked through.

Recipe Notes

Can be frozen up to 3 months. Best way to warm up meatballs is by heating up in pasta sauce.

Beef gelatin helps make the meatballs juicy and chewy.