Meatball Grinders from Healthy Diabetic Recipes

Meatball Grinders Recipe

Recipe Ingredients:

1 lb ground chicken
1/2 cup fresh whole-wheat or white bread crumbs
= (from 1 slice of bread)
1 egg white
3 tbsp finely-chopped fresh parsley
2 garlic cloves, minced
1/4 tsp salt
1/8 tsp freshly-ground black pepper
Nonstick cooking spray, as needed
1/4 cup chopped onion
1 can whole tomatoes - (8 oz), drained, and
coarsely chopped
1 can reduced-sodium tomato sauce - (4 oz)
1 tsp dried Italian seasoning
4 small hard rolls, split
2 tbsp grated Parmesan cheese

Recipe Instructions:

Combine chicken, bread crumbs, egg white, parsley, garlic, salt and pepper in medium bowl. Form mixture into 12 to 16 meatballs.

Spray medium nonstick skillet with cooking spray; heat over medium heat until hot. Add meatballs; cook and stir about 5 minutes or until browned on all sides. Remove meatballs from skillet.

Add onion to skillet; cook and stir 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in tomatoes, tomato sauce and Italian seasoning; heat to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer, covered, 15 minutes. Return meatballs to skillet; simmer, covered, 15 minutes.

Place 3 to 4 meatballs in each roll. Divide sauce evenly; spoon over meatballs. Sprinkle with cheese.

This recipe yields 4 servings.

Exchanges Per Serving: 2 Starch, 3 Meat, 1 1/2 Vegetable.

Nutrition Facts: Calories 340; Calories from fat 17%; Total Fat 7g; Saturated Fat 2g; Protein 31g; Carbohydrates 40g; Cholesterol 63mg; Sodium 702mg; Dietary Fiber 3g.

Source:
"Diabetic Cooking at http://www.diabeticcooking.com"
S(Formatted for MC6):
"07-28-2002 by Joe Comiskey - jcomiskey@krypto.net"
Copyright:
"© Publications International Ltd, 2002"

Servings: 4

When the waitress puts the dinner on the table the old men look at the dinner. The young men look at the waitress

~ Gelett Burgess, 'Look Eleven Years Younger' (1937).

 

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