Nothing says home cooking like a finely prepared meatloaf with a side of mashed potatoes. Wait, maybe it was spaghetti and meatballs that always make me feel like I’m at home. Come to think of it I love meatloaf and meatballs so I figured why not combine the two and create a fantastically delicious creation – Meatloaf Meatballs.
Well, that is exactly what I did the other day. I came up with this awesome meatloaf recipe using ground turkey meat and a bunch of fresh ingredients. However, instead of making it into the shape of meatloaf, I made meatballs out of the mix.
While the meatloaf meatballs were cooking I thought of a little twist to add to the dish. Along with the spaghetti, I added some organic Italian zucchini. Instead of just slicing the zucchini I cut it into spirals using my vegetable spiralizer.
It was easy as one two three and by the time I was done the meatballs and spaghetti were almost ready. The only thing left to add at the end was Thick & Hearty Homestyle Pasta Sauce. Now you’re probably wondering how it tasted. Well, let’s just put it this way I didn’t have to ask my kids to finish their dinner 20 times so I guess it was a success. Check out the recipe below and tell me what you think.
INGREDIENTS for Meatloaf meatballs (Similar ingredients that I used for delicious Meatloaf Cupcakes)
1 lb Ground Turkey
1 Egg
1/2 cup Milk
1 cup Shredded Cheddar Cheese (you can sub for Mozzarella)
1/2 cup Quick Oats
1 tsp Salt
2 tsp Garlic Powder
1/2 cup finely chopped onions
2 tsp Worcestershire Sauce
1/4 cup Almond meal
1 cup RAGÚ Homestyle Pasta Sauce
1 Medium Zucchini spiralized into noodles
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 F (180 Celsius).
Combine all the ingredients and mix by hand thoroughly.
Wet hands and roll into balls shape.
Place on the lightly greased baking sheet. Bake for 20 minutes.
Place cooked meatballs onto a pan. Add RAGÚ Homestyle Pasta Sauce and simmer for 5-10 minutes until the sauce is heated.
Serve it with fresh zoodles or zucchini noodles. Top your zoodles with some more of RAGÚ pasta sauce.
The new beautiful bold taste I discovered in Zucchini. Ever since I made this dish, I’m in love with fresh raw Zucchini and zucchini noodles and specifically made with spiralizer. They are perfectly crunchy and the sauce “hugs” the zoodles perfectly!
Tell me how do you like your zucchini – fresh or cooked? Have you tried making zoodles out of zucchini? If you make this delicious meatloaf meatballs recipe let me know how you liked it. The meatballs are mouth-watering, so soft with a bunch of good fresh ingredients and flavor and they practically melt in your mouth.
Meatloaf Meatballs with Zucchini Noodles and RAGÚ
Ingredients
- 1 lb Ground Turkey
- 1 Egg
- 1/2 cup Milk
- 1 cup Shredded Cheddar Cheese (you can sub for Mozzarella)
- 1/2 cup Quick Oats
- 1 tsp Salt
- 2 tsp Garlic Powder
- 1/2 cup finely chopped onions
- 2 tsp Worcestershire Sauce
- 1/4 cup Almond meal1 cup RAGÚ Homestyle Pasta Sauce
- 1 Medium Zucchini spiralized into noodles
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 F (180 Celsius).
Combine all the ingredients and mix by hand thoroughly.
Wet hands and roll into balls shape.
Place on the lightly greased baking sheet. Bake for 20 minutes.
Place cooked meatballs onto a pan. Add RAGÚ Homestyle Pasta Sauce and simmer for 5-10 minutes until the sauce is heated.
Serve it with fresh zoodles or zucchini noodles. Top your zoodles with some more of RAGÚ pasta sauce, if desired
I have officially fallen even more in love ❤️ with ragu after taste testing this new line of sauces! And this recipe you whipped up looks DELISH!
This look so incredible! My husband I are avoiding carbs and I really should give zucchini “pasta” a go! With sauce and cheese, I bet it’s delicious!
This was my first time trying the zucchini spaghetti and I must tell you it really does taste delicious. Go for it!
Great images and I must make those zucchini noodles, what a great swap for noodles!
I hope to try zucchini noodles one day. I’m buying a Spiralizer. Yum is the word.
This was my first time trying the zucchini spaghetti and I must tell you it really does taste delicious. Go for it!
I make zoodles often (zucchini noodles) and just lent my mother my spiralizer so she can check it out. I love your meatball idea — will have to try it! Looks amazing.
I’m in love with Zucchini noodles the minute I tried them. Fresh, raw and flavorful!
do you know if Dreamfield pasta is really low carb? I use those and would like to
make the meatballs with them the zucchini sounds good also. thanks
HI Marlene. I have not tried the Dreamfield pasta to be honest, but I just read that it has 41 grams of carbs in 2 oz. How is it suppose to be low carb? I highly recommend zucchini. With sauce and cheese the taste is very good. YOu will forget about pasta once you have the deliciousness in your mouth including meatballs. Plus you will not have the over-stuffy feeling after eating the zoodles.
Approximately how many meatballs does this recipe yield?
OR better yet how large, 1″, 2″??
HI Debra, out of this mixture with 1 lbs of ground meat, I would say 20-24 medium sized meatballs, approx 1 1/2 inch.
Also, out of this mixture with 1 lbs of ground meat, I get 12 meatloaf muffins (see my meatloaf muffins recipe)
If I use 1.65 pound turkey pack (the larger one that I get from Costco) – I use absolutely the same ingredients and the same amount and get about 35-36 medium meatballs 1 1/2 inch
Thank you!