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When I think of meatballs, I think of labor intensive and time-consuming. However, that’s not the case at all wtih this recipe from . They came together quickly, baked up in less than 20 minutes, and tasted delicious!
I decided to make meatball sliders as a quick meal before heading out for my girls’ volleyball games. My middle child loved these! I loved the fact that they were simple to prepare, flavorful, had a great texture (sometimes meatballs have a weird texture that I don’t like), and they weren’t greasy in the least…
See…almost no grease! I used a very lean ground beef (90/10) but the original recipe calls for ground turkey, which would also work great as I use turkey quite often. Even though the meat was very low in fat, the meatballs had a great flavor from the blend of spices.
I threw in some red pepper flakes for a few of the meatballs (not all, since I knew my kids would not like any heat!) The have a blend of basil, oregano, garlic, salt and pepper; combined with bread crumbs. I used plain Japanese Panko bread crumbs and spices by McCormick. I think next time I may reduce the garlic just a little, but that’s just a personal preference – we aren’t huge garlic fans. Meatballs can be used for any number of dishes, but since we were so short on time, I thought sliders would be a good option. I took a roll, split it, added a little pizza sauce, topped it with the meatballs and reduced fat mozzarella cheese, and baked for a few minutes – until the cheese was nice and melted.
YUM! I am definitely adding these to my “make again” list – I can see meatball subs, spaghetti and meatballs, meatball sub casserole, meatballs in sauce….all in our future. We enjoyed them so much, I made a video…I’m calling it the original ‘Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs’. haha, enjoy my “movie”!
Now, onto the giveaway! How would you like to win this McCormick Gift Set?
Nice right?! I would personally love to win this myself! All you need to do to qualify is answer the question “What’s your favorite McCormick Spice?” in the comment section of this post!
I decided to make meatball sliders as a quick meal before heading out for my girls’ volleyball games. My middle child loved these! I loved the fact that they were simple to prepare, flavorful, had a great texture (sometimes meatballs have a weird texture that I don’t like), and they weren’t greasy in the least…
See…almost no grease! I used a very lean ground beef (90/10) but the original recipe calls for ground turkey, which would also work great as I use turkey quite often. Even though the meat was very low in fat, the meatballs had a great flavor from the blend of spices.
I threw in some red pepper flakes for a few of the meatballs (not all, since I knew my kids would not like any heat!) The have a blend of basil, oregano, garlic, salt and pepper; combined with bread crumbs. I used plain Japanese Panko bread crumbs and spices by McCormick. I think next time I may reduce the garlic just a little, but that’s just a personal preference – we aren’t huge garlic fans. Meatballs can be used for any number of dishes, but since we were so short on time, I thought sliders would be a good option. I took a roll, split it, added a little pizza sauce, topped it with the meatballs and reduced fat mozzarella cheese, and baked for a few minutes – until the cheese was nice and melted.
YUM! I am definitely adding these to my “make again” list – I can see meatball subs, spaghetti and meatballs, meatball sub casserole, meatballs in sauce….all in our future. We enjoyed them so much, I made a video…I’m calling it the original ‘Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs’. haha, enjoy my “movie”!
Now, onto the giveaway! How would you like to win this McCormick Gift Set?
Nice right?! I would personally love to win this myself! All you need to do to qualify is answer the question “What’s your favorite McCormick Spice?” in the comment section of this post!
For additional entries, you can also “like” on Facebook; on Twitter and on Pinterest. Just leave a seperate comment for each additional thing you do. (Shipping is only available within the US.) *GIVEAWAY ENDS 10/20/13 at midnight EST*
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Why it I would have to answer the Curry Powder, as I JUST posted a soup recipe siting it as the brand I used!!!! Great giveaway Kim!!
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I love crushed red pepper on almost anything! Thanks for this giveaway!
My favorite is cinnamon!
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I think my fave is the Montreal Steak Seasoning. I had never used it for steak, but my friend sprinkled her green beans with it when she served them when I was over for dinner. YUM! It's a great choice for veggies!
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My favorite is Montreal seasoning. Your dish looks amazing!
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THese sliders are so cute! I can definitely see them being a favorite of the.boy's!
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My go to is always salt, pepper and garlic powder! Yum!!!!
I love playing with spices in my food but I'm a huge garlic fan so I would have to say my favorite McCormick spice is garlic powder
I love McCormick seasoned pepper.