Recipe for Sweet and Sour Turkey Meatballs

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Sweet and Sour Turkey Meatballs

(you may substitute ground beef if you so desire)

My Grandmother, my Aunt Marilyn and my Mother would take turns making these for Holiday dinners.  The round shape of the meatball signified the circle of life, the cyclical nature of the year.  The balance of sweet and sour illustrates that life, to be appreciated, needs to be balanced, that any given year will hold both good and bad times, but when taken as a whole, they can be treasured.  And so, with that in mind, here’s the recipe.  I hope it becomes a special part of your holidays.

The ingredients you will need, to serve 8, are: 

1 ½ pounds of ground turkey breast

1/3 cup seasoned bread crumbs

2 cans tomato sauce

2 cans cranberry sauce

1 tablespoon lemon juice

1 tsp salt

½ tsp pepper

1 tsp onion powder

1 tsp parsley flakes

!/2  cup instant brown rice

Mix the cans of tomato sauce and cranberry sauce in a stock pot (about 6 quart size) over medium heat, add lemon juice and bring just to simmer.  Once the sauces are combined reduce heat to medium - low.  Mix the turkey breast with all other ingredients, plus take two tablespoons of the heated sauce and add it to the ground turkey mixture.

Mix the ground meat and with wet hands form into 1 ½ inch balls.  Drop balls carefully in the large saucepan.  After all the meat is formed, add a ¼ cup of additional brown rice to the sauce pan.  Cover and cook for one hour.  Serve over rice or noodles.

Enjoy!!