Meatballs

I'm learning how to make meatballs and take better photo's with my camera.  Didn't succeed totally on either side but I am learning :)  I use other recipes as a jumping off point so I have this recipe book that is 100 recipes for beef - it's an ancient book - got it at a library book sale.  This is adapted  but when I say adapted it means if you read the recipe in the book and compared it to mine you would say they weren't even close.   I can never leave well enough alone.

Meatball - experiment #1

1 lb of ground beef - I used low fat

1/4 cup of Parmesan cheese (note no salt in the recipe - the cheese adds that)

1 cup chopped cooked spinach (I had fresh and cooked it in the microwave then chopped it up)

1/4 tsp pepper

1 egg

1 tsp Worcestershire sauce

1 tsp oregano or Italian spice

Combine in a bowl then roll into 1" to 1 1/2" balls.  Roll the balls in the following:

In a bowl combine 1/2 cup whole wheat bread crumbs (I make this from my whole wheat bread when the bread decides not to raise - why waste it - bread crumb city - but put it in the freezer or it will go green since it has no preservatives).

2 tablespoons of Parmesan cheese

Pretty aren't they :)

Bake in a 375 oven for about 15 minutes then turn on the broiler to low and broil for another 5 minutes but keep an eye on them.   

Then we just added them to our favorite marinara sauce and we were good to go.

I think next time I will suspend them over the pan so that the fat will drip off.  They make a very thick meatball that tastes awesome.

Enjoy!