Stuffed meatballs, sautéed veggies & Alfredo sauce

Stuffed meatballs, sautéed veggies & Alfredo sauce

Italian stuffed meatballs:
Ingredients:
1 ½ pounds of ground turkey (or lamb)
8 oz. block mozzarella cheese
¼ cup parmesan cheese
1 large slightly beaten egg
½ cup Italian breadcrumbs
2 tablespoons of minced garlic
2 teaspoons of sea salt (can use less)
1 teaspoon of black pepper
½ cup of milk
1 teaspoon dried oregano
2 teaspoons of dried chervil

Cooking Instructions:
1.  Mix all of the ingredients except mozzarella into a large bowl.
2.  Cut mozzarella into ½” – ¾” cubes.
3.  Shape the mixture into small-medium sized meatballs around mozzarella cubes.  At this point if you don’t want to cook these right now you could put them in the freezer for later.
4.  Pre-heat your oven to 350 degrees, and place the meatballs on a baking sheet.  As you can see, I had to use pizza pans.
5.  Put your meatballs in the oven and bake for 25 minutes.  Another cooking method is to simmer the meatballs in pasta sauce for about 40 minutes. This will give them great flavor and texture.

Sautéed veggies:
Sautéed in butter:
― Mushrooms (sliced)
― Cauliflower
― Green onions
― Fresh basil
― Sun-dried tomatoes
― Roasted piquillo peppers

Alfredo sauce from scratch:
Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter
1 pkg. (8 oz.) cream cheese
1 cup half & half
1/3 cup Parmesan cheese
1 tablespoon garlic powder (optional)
Add pepper, to taste

Cooking instructions:
1.  In a medium saucepan, melt butter.
2.  Once butter is almost melted, add the package of cream cheese. It’s easiest to cut it into 4 pieces so that it melts quicker.
3.  Once butter and cream cheese are mixed well together, add the cup of half and half, Parmesan cheese, garlic powder, and then shake pepper on top. Stir all together until well mixed.
4.  Once it’s mixed well and sauce-like, take it off the burner and set aside so it can thicken up. Stir every few moments.

Rice:
White rice cooked per instructions.
Season rice with chervil and oregano to taste.

Asparagus:
Pan grilled in butter or olive oil.

Stuffed meatballs, veggies and alfredo sauce