Turkey Meatballs and Whole Wheat Spaghetti

What better place to start losing weight with than Weight Watchers!  This is a slightly modified Weight Watchers recipe since I haven't had a chance to start completely changing over all my "menus."  This is just my first attempt and please don't take anything I post up as "gospel."  I have had very limited instructions as what to do with my current diagnosis, so I am just feeling my way.  I am going to try to stick with the American Diabetes Association recommendations as much as possible - i.e., limited red meats, limited amounts of sugar, etc.

So I bought the cookbook, Weight Watcher's 50th Anniversary Cookbook.  I thought this would be a good place to start.

This recipe is pretty easy to make and is not entirely "lo-cal" as I did not have "low-fat" Parmesan  cheese or low-cal spaghetti sauce.   Sometimes you just have to make due with what you have in the refrigerator (and, of course, my husband wanted garlic bread with his spaghetti).

Turkey Meatballs by Weight Watchers

Ingredients:

1 lb ground turkey
4 T bread crumbs
1 large egg (I know Weight Watchers says egg whites)
2 T parsley

Directions:

Mix all 4 ingredients together.  I used my pastry cutter (works great!!!)
Shape into meatballs.
Sprinkle a skillet with vegetable oil (I used olive oil)
Cook the meatballs until browned.

Add your favorite spaghetti sauce to the meatballs and simmer.

Prepare the spaghetti according to the package instructions.

ENJOY!!

Verdict:

My husband said he loved it. If I hadn't told him the meatballs were made out of turkey, he would have never guessed (I think he was being nice). It was good.  I think next time, I might add a little grated onion to the meatballs, otherwise they were pretty good.