Elimination Meatballs with Zucchini
Description
Get some vegetables in your clean-eating diet with these zucchini, yellow squash, and ground turkey meatballs.
Ingredients
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1 large sweet potato, peeled and diced
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1/2 medium zucchini, shredded
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1/2 medium yellow squash, shredded
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1 pound ground turkey
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black pepper to taste
Directions
1
Place sweet potatoes into a large pot and cover with salted water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until tender, about 20 minutes. Drain. Mash sweet potatoes with a fork in a large bowl; set aside to cool.
2
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
3
Mix zucchini and yellow squash into the bowl with the sweet potatoes. Add turkey and black pepper. Form mixture into 1-inch balls and place in a 9x13-inch baking dish.
4
Bake in the preheated oven until meatballs are no longer pink in the center, 35 to 40 minutes.