Healthy Turkey Meatballs (Baked)
Easy and healthy ground turkey meatballs with shredded zucchini! Perfect, juicy, and delicious, baked turkey zucchini meatballs are great for dinner, to make ahead for the freezer, or to meal prep for the week.
Equipment
- 1 rimmed sheet pan
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cup grated zucchini
- 1 lb ground turkey 97/7
- ½ cup panko breadcrumbs **see Note
- 2 teaspoon minced garlic
- 2 tablespoon minced onion
- 1 large egg
- ½ cup grated parmesan cheese
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 2 teaspoon dried parsley
- 2 teaspoon dried basil
- ½ teaspoon dried oregano
- ½ teaspoon fine sea salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
Instructions
- Prep: Preheat your oven to 400 F. Wrap the zucchini in multiple layers of paper towels and squeeze out as much of the zucchini moisture as you can.
- In a large bowl combine the zucchini, ground turkey, garlic, onion, beaten egg, parmesan, Worcestershire, dried parsley, dried basil, dried oregano, salt, and pepper.
- Form the meatballs into 2 tablespoon size balls and place them on a rimmed baking sheet.
- Bake the ground turkey meatballs for 18-20 minutes, or until the temperature reaches 165 F when checked with a digital meat thermometer.
- Serve as is or toss with your favorite pasta sauce. Serve with pasta, zoodles, or spaghetti squash strands. Enjoy!
Notes
- Instead of panko breadcrumbs, you can use crushed crackers (gluten-free works great too!), or for low carb/keto meatballs use crushed pork rinds or low carb packaged bread crumbs.
- The dried basil and oregano can be substituted for Italian seasoning.
- Instead of ground turkey meatballs, you can also make them with ground chicken or beef meatballs.
- To keep hands clean, a medium size cookie scoop does a great job at shaping meatballs.
- These freeze well! Why not double them and save some for later? Freeze for up to 3 months.
Nutrition
Serving: 1servingCalories: 276kcalCarbohydrates: 9gProtein: 29gFat: 14gFiber: 1g
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