I went to a friend’s house recently and, since she is getting more pregnant by the day, I wanted to bring lunch with us to help her. I made these meatballs to make grilled sandwiches and they were a huge hit! I started with 2 packages of Blustery Bovine ground beef and 1 package of Blustery Bovine Italian Sausage.
Since I usually don’t plan ahead as well as I should, I didn’t have them defrosted yet. I put them in a bowl of luke-warm water and they were defrosted in a few minutes. Next I put all the meat into a large bowl and let William mix it all together.
I know that Pinterest is full of “sensory” activities that you can create for your children. Don’t worry about that, just let them help you make some meatballs.
Add some salt, pepper, and garlic powder and mix it all in. That’s all the ingredients….really!
William (with some help from Hannah) formed them into meatballs a little smaller than golf balls and put them on the trays lined with parchment paper. I used parchment paper to make it easier to clean up, it’s not necessary though. We ended up with 52 meatballs.
We baked them at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes. When they start to get brown you know they are done. As you can see, a little grease formed around the meatballs but nothing excessive. We could just lift them with tongs and the grease stayed behind.
They are all ready to be added to sauce for spaghetti or made into sandwiches or even just eaten with some teriyaki sauce for appetizers. Below I will show you the steps to make a sandwich since that’s what we made.
Toast the bread in the panini grill
Lightly butter the inside
Cut the meatballs in half and cover the bottom of the sandwich
Spoon marinara sauce on top
Put a slice of mozzarella on top of that
Add your top piece of bread
Spread butter and sprinkle shredded cheese on the top of the sandwich
Grill in the panini until the mozzarella is melted and enjoy!
Note: This can be grilled in a pan as well, the panini just makes it a little faster and there’s no flipping. :)
“Life is like a bowl of spaghetti. Every once in a while, you get a meatball.
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