Chicken Parm meatballs.

from www.dinneralovestory.com I tried these today and they are yummy! I used ground turkey instead of chicken and cut down on the mozzarella cheese topping by half. They were very good.

Here are the macros, presuming you make 12 servings

2 meatballs is 332 calories, 12g carbs, 17 gm fat, 32 gm protein and 636 mg of sodium.


1 1/4 pounds ground chicken (or turkey 93/7)
1/2 cup breadcrumbs
2 tablespoons chopped onion
1 tablespoon chopped parsley
1/2 cup Pecorino (or Parm)
salt to taste
pepper to taste
1 clove garlic, minced
1 teaspoon fennel seeds (I used italian seasonings instead of fennel)
1 egg, whisked
zest of half a lemon ( I omitted this ingredient)
3 tablespoons olive oil (I used less)
1 14-ounce can storebought pizza sauce
about 4 ounces fresh mozzarella (a dozen thin slices; to pile on the cheese would be to cancel out the fact that you were virtuous enough to replace fatty beef with lean chicken)

Preheat oven to 400°F, setting rack to upper third part of oven. In a large bowl, using your hands, gently mix together first 11 ingredients. Shape into lacrosse-ball size balls (that would be somewhere between golf and tennis) and place a few inches from each other on a foil-lined baking sheet. In a small bowl, mix one spoonful of your pizza sauce with olive oil. Brush this mixture on top of each meatball. Bake for 15 minutes.

Remove meatballs from oven, spoon some sauce on top of each meatball, and cover each with a slice of cheese. Broil another 3 to 5 minutes until cheese is bubbly and golden. Heat remaining sauce in a small saucepan. Serve meatballs with a dollop of sauce I served this with spinach sautéed in EVOO w/some garlic...very yum!