Full Episode Fridays: The Meatball Has Landed | 2 Italian Dinner Recipes

ground beef

🥗Healthier: ground turkey

💰Cheaper: ground pork

Ground turkey is lower in fat, while ground pork is often more affordable.

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast is lower in calories and provides a cheesy flavor, while pecorino is usually less expensive.

Prepare a pot of beef stock using cartons or a wet base from the grocery store.

Brown ends and pieces of bacon in a pot.

Chop onion and add it to the pot with the bacon.

Chop garlic and add it to the pot.

In a large bowl, combine ground beef, Italian sausage, ground turkey, Panko breadcrumbs, 2 eggs, garlic powder, salt, pepper, and milk.

Mix the ingredients by hand until well combined.

Form the mixture into meatballs and drop them into the boiling beef stock.

Cook the meatballs in the beef stock for about 10 minutes.

Transfer the cooked meatballs to a bowl and serve them with marinara sauce.

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