Crockpot Meatballs

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast provides a cheesy flavor with fewer calories.

ground beef

🥗Healthier: ground turkey

💰Cheaper: ground pork

Ground turkey is leaner, while ground pork is often less expensive.

Chop onion and garlic in a small chopper or food processor until finely chopped.

In a large bowl, combine the chopped onion and garlic.

Add about 1 tablespoon of organic non-salt seasoning, 1 egg, and long grain rice to the bowl.

Mix the ingredients well, using hands to ensure the mixture is tough enough to hold shape.

Season the mixture with salt and pepper, mixing thoroughly again.

Roll the mixture into large meatballs, about the size of a golf ball; creator makes about 9 meatballs.

In the slow cooker, add tomato sauce and rinse the jar with water, adding that water to the slow cooker as well.

Add rosemary stalks and another tablespoon of seasoning to the sauce, seasoning with salt and mixing well.

Place the meatballs into the slow cooker, ensuring they do not touch each other.

Cover the meatballs with the sauce and cover the slow cooker with the lid, cooking on high heat.

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