This recipe offers a tangy sweet and sour taste but calls for ground turkey breast instead of ground beef, cutting down on calories, fat, and saturated fat. Here’s a tip: Always compare nutrition labels for meats, if available – you’ll notice ground turkey is much higher in fat and calories than ground turkey breast.
Ingredients
Meatballs
2 lbs. ground turkey breast
2 eggs
1 cup oatmeal, ground using food processor
½ cup plain fat-free Greek yogurt
¾ tsp salt
Sauce
1 cup ketchup
¼ cup sugar substitute
1 Tbsp vinegar
1 Tbsp yellow mustard
¼ tsp salt
Directions
- Mix together meatball ingredients. Shape into 2” balls. Put in large baking dish.
- Mix sauce ingredients together. Spoon over meatballs
- Bake at 350*F for 1 hour
Nutrition information
Makes 12 servings. Each servings is 3 meatballs.
Calories: 150 Total fat: 1.5g Saturated fat: 0g Trans fat: 0g Cholesterol: 60mg Sodium: 540mg Total Carbohydrate: 12g Fiber: 1g Sugars: 6g Protein: 22g
Recipe courtesy of digestive disease health team dietitians.
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