I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love. For me they are the role model for being alive. ~Gilda Radner
Hello, my lovely friends!
The things you can find or be inspired to do spending time on Pinterest. The other day I was browsing recipes for anything on Pinterest and found a recipe for dog meatballs. Sometimes I read the recipe and wonder if the person actual made the recipe or even know how to cook because some of them are horrible sounding. I found a dog recipe that had two ingredients: ground chicken or turkey and shredded carrots. What kind of meal is that for a dog? I knew I could come up with something better and tastier for my little man.
While out at Sprouts I grabbed a ground turkey roll and in the salad bags I found a broccoli slaw that had shredded broccoli, carrots and red cabbage. I started thinking of what you put in a real meatball, but minus the garlic and onions. In the fridge I had a container of leftover rice to use as well.
Air-Fryer Turkey Meatballs
Ingredients
· Ground Turkey – 1 pound
· Broccoli Slaw _ 1 bag (16 oz.)
· Cooked rice – 1 ½ cup
· Extra Virgin Olive Oil – 1 TBSP.
Directions
1. In a food processor put the entire bag of the broccoli slaw in there and let it become finely chopped. Place it all in a bowl and do the same thing with the rice. I guess you really don’t have to put the rice in the food processor, but that’s what I did.
2. In the large bowl that has the broccoli slaw and rice in it put the uncooked ground turkey in there. Also, add the Extra Virgin Olive Oil to the bowl. I started mixing with a spoon, but immediately switch to my hands to mix it all together.
3. Using a small scoop I got about 37 meatballs from it. I could have gotten more, but I used some of the mixture in something else that’s a bonus recipe.
4. I’m using the Air-Fryer for this, but you could put them in the oven or even cook them in a skillet on the stove. If cooking in the oven I would go 350 for 15 to 20 minutes and turning them halfway. In a skillet I would do it in a non-stick skillet and cook probably four minutes on one side, flip them, turn the temp from medium to low and put a lid on the skillet for another three minutes. However, I’m using the Air-Fryer for this one and it’s going to be at 350 between ten and twelve minutes. The first batch I went fifteen minutes and that was too long.
After I finished making it I gave one to Scooter and he loved it. He looked like he wanted more, but I told him he has to wait for dinner. For the little guy he weighs between twelve and fourteen pounds, so I’ll give him two meatballs for a meal. Once again I used the very old wax bags that we can seal and put two meatballs in each bag. There’s almost twenty bags there and I put them in the freezer. I’ll just take one out the night before and let it defrost in the fridge. Now onto the bonus recipe.
Once I did the broccoli slaw and rice in the food processor I looked at it and thought what if I add an egg or two to it and cook him a breakfast omelet. Before I added the ground turkey I took out about two cups of the mixture because there was a lot and put it in another bowl. I then added two eggs that I whisked and mixed it together. This time on the stove I heated up my non-stick pan on medium with about a TBSP. of coconut oil. I got a regular ice cream scoop and made little small pancakes in the skillet, cooked it about three minutes on one side, flipped them and cooked an additional three minutes.
I made a very small one for the little man to try out and he ate that one up too. I got about fifteen little omelet pancakes out of those. I imagine you could shred a potato in there or different veggies. I love that I can control what is going in his food and he is loving it all.
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Until next time… Ciao!
