Recipe: Slow Cooker Italian Meatballs (7 Weight Watcher Points)
Laura Jene
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 mins
Cook Time 8 hours hrs
Total Time 8 hours hrs 5 minutes mins
Course Weight Watchers Recipes
- 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
In a slow cooker, mix the spaghetti sauce, along with about 1 teaspoon crushed basil.
In a bowl, mix the ground beef, bread crumbs, parsley, garlic, onion, and egg. Shape the mixture into 1-2 inch size meatballs,
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.
Cook on Low for 6 to 8 hours.
Enjoy!