A cozy, homemade dinner that was FULL of flavor! If you’re looking for high protein fall meals or dinner ideas that are low calorie, and love Italian food like pasta and garlic bread, you’ll find inspiration here.
🛒 INGREDIENTS.
Turkey Meatballs
• 1 lb ground turkey
• Italian breadcrumbs/panko
• Heavy cream or milk
• 1 egg
• ½ yellow onion, finely chopped
• 1 cup fresh parsley, chopped
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• Grated Parmesan cheese
• Salt + pepper
• Tony’s seasoning
• Garlic powder
• Onion powder
• Red pepper flakes
Sauce
• 7 cups peeled tomatoes/tomato sauce
• Fresh basil
• Fresh parsley
• Garlic
• Sautéed onion
• BellaVitano Garlic & Herb cheese
• Salt + pepper
• Tony’s seasoning
• Garlic powder
• Onion powder
• Red pepper flakes. This sauce pairs perfectly with any high protein fall dinner idea that’s inspired by Italian food. In fact, it especially shines when served over pasta with a side of garlic bread for a true low-calorie comfort meal.
Pasta
• Barilla spaghetti noodles
Garlic Parmesan Sourdough
• Sourdough bread
• Butter
• Roasted garlic
• Grated Parmesan
• Fresh parsley
• Salt + pepper
• Garlic powder
• Onion powder. Incorporating garlic bread and cheese is a fantastic way to round out these high protein fall meals. Moreover, if you want some new dinner ideas for Itilian food that keeps things low calorie along with pasta, this approach works great.
👩🏽🍳 HOW I MADE IT
1️⃣ I chopped all of my veggies and herbs first to have everything ready to go.
2️⃣ Meatballs: I mixed the panko breadcrumbs with a little heavy cream and let it combine. Then I added it to the ground turkey along with the chopped onion, parsley, minced garlic, egg, Parmesan, and all my seasonings.
3️⃣ I mixed everything together until well combined, then formed the mixture into meatballs.
4️⃣ I added the meatballs to a hot pan and cooked them for a few minutes to get some color on the outside.
5️⃣ Sauce: In the same pot, I sautéed the onions and garlic, then blended my canned tomatoes and added the tomatoes. I seasoned everything with salt, pepper, Tony’s, garlic powder, onion powder, and red pepper flakes. After that, I added fresh basil, parsley, and a piece of Garlic & Herb BellaVitano cheese to give the sauce that extra creamy, cheesy flavor. 🤌🏽
6️⃣ I added the meatballs back into the sauce and let everything simmer together so the meatballs could finish cooking and soak up all that flavor. This method is ideal if you want to focus on high protein, low calorie fall meals. In particular, it works for those that combine traditional Itilian food staples like pasta and garlic bread.
7️⃣ While the sauce was simmering, I cooked the spaghetti noodles according to the package directions.
8️⃣ Garlic Parmesan Sourdough: I melted butter and mixed it with roasted garlic, seasonings, grated Parmesan, and fresh parsley. I spread that mixture generously over the sourdough and baked it until golden, crispy, and delicious. 🧄🥖 These steps will inspire anyone craving high protein fall meals. As a result, you’ll get dinner ideas for low calorie Itilian food, pasta, and garlic bread.
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