Easy Baked Tuna Meatballs

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated mozzarella

Nutritional yeast adds flavor with fewer calories.

bread crumbs

🥗Healthier: oats

💰Cheaper: crushed crackers

Oats provide fiber and are often cheaper.

Drain the tuna to remove any excess oil or water.

In a large bowl, flake the tuna with a fork. Add all other meatball ingredients, and mix well to combine. Let it rest for 10 minutes.

Using your hand shape the mixture into walnut-sized balls.

Line the meatballs on the baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes at 400 degrees.

For tomato sauce, heat olive oil in a large pan over medium heat. Add the garlic, and cook for 30 seconds. Pour in the tomatoes, and add the basil. Season with salt and black pepper. Bring to a boil, lower the heat and cook gently for 10 minutes.

For quick sweet and sour sauce, in a bowl, mix all the ingredients together. No cooking needed.

For pesto and ricotta sauce, in a bowl, spoon your favorite basil pesto (or any other green pesto), add double the amount of ricotta cheese and mix until well combined.

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