Serve these low-sodium meatballs with a tomato-based sauce.
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- ⅓ cup skim milk
- 1 cup instant oatmeal
- ¼ cup onion, finely chopped
- ⅓ cup Parmesan cheese
- 2 Tbsp dried parsley
- 1 clove minced garlic OR ½ tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp no-salt Italian Seasoning
- ½ tsp Mrs Dash Steak Grilling seasoning mix
- 1 ½ lb very lean ground beef (or you can use ¾ lb ground beef and ¾ lb ground chicken or turkey, if desired)
- All-purpose flour (for coating meatballs before browning)
- 1 Tbsp olive oil or canola oil
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.Use aluminum foil to cover a cookie sheet that you will use to freeze the uncooked meatballs.
- Mix the beaten egg and milk together in a large bowl. Then add the oatmeal, onion, Parmesan, parsley, garlic, Italian Seasoning, and Mrs Dash Steak Grilling Seasoning. Mix well.
- Add the ground beef , mixing with your hands until evenly distributed. (Don’t over mix)
- Roll into 1 ½ inch meatballs and put on the cookie sheet. Freeze at least 10 minutes.
- After the meatballs have frozen at least 10 minutes, Heat a large non-stick skillet to medium high. Add olive oil.
- Pre-heat the oven to 375 degrees.
- Remove meatballs from freezer, roll them in flour, and brown them on 2 sides. (You just want to brown them; don’t cook them completely) Place the browned meatballs in a casserole dish large enough so all the meatballs fit on 1 layer without overlapping.
- Cover the dish and bake 35 minutes or until meatballs are completely done, turning the meatballs over after the first 15 minutes.
- Serve with pre-prepared tomato sauce.
Note that sodium percentages depend on which daily reference you use. The estimated 120mg of sodium per serving implies that one serving of this recipe provides:
– 5% of the U.S. FDA daily reference value for sodium for a 2,000-calorie diet that includes 2,400 mg sodium, or
– 8% of the American Heart Association recommendation of 1,500 mg sodium per day, or
– 12% of the Ménière’s diet recommendation of 1,000 mg sodium per day.
(As is the case with all of the recipes on this web site, the nutrition information provided in this recipe is only an estimate based on nutrition information provided on the packaging of each of the ingredients we used in this recipe and/or on a variety of sources on the web. This information should be regarded as an opinion only, with no guarantees that it is accurate. Obviously, the nutritional information will vary depending on the ingredients and quantities that you use.)
