Turkey Swedish Meatballs

Life is funny. I'm always looking for ideas for things to make. Especially for something that the whole family will eat (not counting my veggie daughter). So this recipe came to me via an old high school friend whom I've recently caught up with via Facebook! His name is Craig and we were good friends in 10th and 11th grade in Homestead, FL. He's a Lt. Col. in the Air Force now. It's so surreal, life's twists and turns. I still think of him as the 16 y.o. I last saw in 1981. Not a 40-something grown-up! So anyhow, he saw my blog and my interest in cooking and asked if I had a turkey meatball recipe. I found this one. It sounded really good to me so I made it last week. Yum!

The only thing I'd do different is figure out how to make the sauce a little thicker. Otherwise the flavor was really really good and I'll make this again!


2 lbs ground turkey (7% lean)
1 egg
3/4 cup breadcrumbs
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup milk
2 teaspoons lemon pepper seasoning
1 teaspoon paprika
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
2 tablespoons chopped parsley
1 tablespoon onion flakes
2 cans chicken broth
2-3 cups home made white sauce
hot cooked egg noodles
Directions
1 Combine the first ten ingredients and shape into 1 1/2" meatballs.
2 In a large non-stick Dutch oven, brown meatballs in 1 tbsp of butter, turning carefully every few minutes to brown all sides, maintaining meatball shape.
3 Add chicken broth and simmer for 15 minutes.
4 Add white sauce.
5 Stir, heat and serve over hot cooked egg noodles.

I took a reviewer's suggestion and made this white sauce.

You could probably make half a recipe for a family of four. We had three adults and two kids eating and had plenty left over. Which I forgot about in the fridge and now have to throw out! Aaack!