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ground beef

🥗Healthier: ground turkey

💰Cheaper: ground pork

Ground turkey is lower in fat, while ground pork is often less expensive.

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast is a healthier, dairy-free option, while pecorino is often cheaper.

Start by cutting the onions and garlic, finely chopping the onion and finely grating the garlic on a microplane.

Measure out a quarter cup of panko bread crumbs and add them to a bowl.

Add half of a 16-ounce container of ricotta cheese to the bowl with the panko bread crumbs.

Let the mixture sit for a moment to allow the bread crumbs to soak up the ricotta and egg.

Finely chop a generous amount of parsley and add it to the mixture.

Grate Parmesan cheese into the mixture, eyeballing the amount to taste.

Add 2 teaspoons of kosher salt to the mixture, as well as black pepper to taste.

Mix the meat mixture with your hands until well combined, ensuring no visible elements of onion or garlic remain.

Test the seasoning by cooking a small test meatball in a heavy bottom stock pot with a thin layer of olive oil until browned on both sides.

Prepare the sauce by chopping onion and slicing garlic, then add them to the pot with olive oil.

Form the meat mixture into meatballs, ensuring they are not packed too tightly, and place them on a piece of parchment for easier cleanup.

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