Tasty Tuesday: Savory Meatballs

I made good food last night! And I quote, “These meatballs are amazing!” My father knows exactly what to say to make me smile.

In search for a recipe using ground beef last night, I settled on meatballs. The only part of the recipe I cared about was the use of ketchup. Ketchup makes meatloaf and meatballs better. In fact, these Savory Meatballs reminded me of mini meatloaves. They were really good!

(Adapted from this recipe.)

Meatballs:
1lb ground beef
1/2 c quick oats
3/4 c milk
2 t onion powder
1/2 t garlic powder
1 t salt
1 t black pepper
3 T canola oil
2/3 c flour

Sauce:
1 c ketchup
2 t onion powder
2 T distilled white vinegar
2 T brown sugar
2 T Worcestershire sauce
1 1/2 t of hot sauce

1. Mix beef and oats. Add milk and then seasonings. Let cool in fridge for
at least 30 minutes to firm.
2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
3. Heat oil in skillet over medium heat.  Dredge meatballs in flour and brown. Place them in 8×8 baking dish.
4. Sauce: mix ingredients and drizzle evenly over meatballs. Bake 45 minutes.

The recipe made 16 large Savory Meatballs for me and fit perfectly in an 8×8 pan. They went well with some baked potatoes leftover from this past weekend. Eight more to go!

Hope you’re all having a lovely Tuesday so far!! I’m off to workout, probably focusing on core and upper body. As I’ve mentioned before, working my legs does not work well for me the day before a super long run. Therefore, I will refrain.