Spaghetti with Turkey Meatballs

Here is the recipe.

Logan: Liked a lot, even though it has onions.

Madison: Logan told Maddie about a neighbor's dog who was hit by a car and died last week. So she didn't eat a lot. Plain noodles is all I made her eat. Bye Bumper. Oh God I'm going to cry now.

Max: Loved it. Ate 2.5 helpings and I think his leg is now full of ground turkey.

Me: It was okay but just....I'm not so good at telling what I like or don't but the sauce seemed bland and the meatballs were lacking salt? Tang? I don't know.

Comments

[emily]

Here's some food-related assvice, to take or leave -- try adding some ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, and/or a drop of soy or (dare I say it?) Tabasco (we like the new chipotle one), to the turkey. It's much less flavorful than beef, so it needs help. I also add poultry seasoning mix, or just paprika and oregano. Also, I am a bad chopper so for stuff like this I grate onions on a box grater, no pointy little cubes in the meatloaf. Good luck! :)

[melissaS]

Good idea.

I process the shit out of the onions in a food processor. Or logan won't eat them.

[Summer]

More assvice, yippee:

I really like the America's Test Kitchen meatball recipe. It includes buttermilk (I use 2% buttermilk), bread (white), ground pork and beef (I make mine using ultra-lean beef and omit the pork), Parmesan cheese, and a handful of other ingredients. (I'm unclear of recipe copying/pasting/reprinting rules, otherwise I'd post it here. You can email me if you'd like more details.)

The resulting meatballs are superb...savory, tangy, delicious. So, maybe add some buttermilk/bread instead of bread crumbs to yours?

Good luck. Meatballs rule.

[Karen Millen Sale]

Logan couldn't find a boneless one so he got one with a bone and carved it before we cooked it.