Recipe: Slow Cooker Italian Meatballs (7 Weight Watcher Points)

This recipe makes a pretty big batch so I like to take half the batch of meatballs and freeze them. When we have a crazy busy night I simply pour some sauce in the slow cooker along with the frozen meatballs and cook on low for 4-5 hours. These can also be used for meatballs subs, or eaten alone! YUM!

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Recipe: Slow Cooker Italian Meatballs

Makes about 36 medium size meatballs – 7 WEIGHT WATCHER SMARTPOINTS PER SERVING OF 6

Ingredients:

Meat (ground beef, Italian sausage, turkey) – I used 1 pound of Italian sausage, 1 pound ground turkey

Italian seasoned bread crumbs

Chopped fresh parsley

Cloves garlic, minced

Medium yellow onion, chopped

Egg, beaten

Jar of Spaghetti sauce or you can use your favorite homemade spaghetti sauce recipe

How to make Slow Cooker Italian Meatballs:

Step 1. In a slow cooker, mix the spaghetti sauce, along with about 1 teaspoon crushed basil.

Step 2. In a bowl, mix the ground beef, bread crumbs, parsley, garlic, onion, and egg. Shape the mixture into 1-2 inch size meatballs,

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Step 3. Once you have shaped your meatballs you can put these directly into your sauce in the slow cooker, or you can bake them for 15 minutes at 350 degrees to cook them some and that cuts down on the grease in the sauce.

Step 4. Cook on Low for 6 to 8 hours.

Enjoy! ☺

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Yield: 6

Recipe: Slow Cooker Italian Meatballs (7 Weight Watcher Points)

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his recipe makes a pretty big batch so I like to take half the batch of meatballs and freeze them.  When we have a crazy busy night I simply pour some sauce in the slow cooker along with the frozen meatballs and cook on low for 4-5 hours.

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 8 hours

Total Time 8 hours 5 minutes

Ingredients

• 2 lbs. of meat (ground beef, Italian sausage, turkey) I used 1 pound of Italian sausage, 1 pound ground turkey
• 1 1/4 cups Italian seasoned bread crumbs
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 medium yellow onion, chopped
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 Jar of Spaghetti sauce or you can use your favorite homemade spaghetti sauce recipe

Instructions

1. In a slow cooker, mix the spaghetti sauce, along with about 1 teaspoon crushed basil.
2. In a bowl, mix the ground beef, bread crumbs, parsley, garlic, onion, and egg. Shape the mixture into 1-2 inch size meatballs,
3. Once you have shaped your meatballs you can put these directly into your sauce in the slow cooker, or you can bake them for 15 minutes at 350 degrees to cook them some and that cuts down on the grease in the sauce.
4. Cook on Low for 6 to 8 hours.
5. Enjoy!