Pork & Quinoa Meatball Recipe: Pasta & Pork Meatballs Recipe Is on the Table in Less Than 30 Minutes by Donna John
Want to add protein, fiber, essential amino acids, magnesium (to name a few!) to your meatballs? This pork meatball recipe packs a super-healthy punch with the addition of quinoa – and tastes amazing! Not a big pork person? Substitute ground beef, ground turkey or ground chicken.
Cuisine: Italian
Prep Time: 10 minujtes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup quinoa, cooked, drained and cooled
- 1 pound ground pork
- 2 eggs
- 2 tablespoons freshly chopped Italian flat-leaf parsley
- 1/3 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 jar of your favorite spaghetti sauce
- cooked pasta, for serving
Here's how to make it:
Combine the cooked quinoa, pork, eggs, parsley, cheese and nutmeg. Season with salt and pepper. Mix until combined. Form into meatballs.
Heat the olive oil in a skillet. Add the meatballs and cook until browned on all sides and almost cooked through, about 7 to 10 minutes.
Pour the spaghetti sauce over the meatballs and simmer gently until meatballs are cooked through, about 3 minutes.
Serve over hot, cooked pasta with additional Parmesan cheese.
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