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Healthier Crock-Pot Meatballs

Author Sonja

Ingredients

  • 2 lbs. ground beef or turkey
  • 1/2 cup of old fashioned oats other dry ingredient substitutes for oats: nacho chips, crackers, bread
  • 1 egg
  • 1 medium onion chopped
  • 1/4 cup spinach chopped
  • 1/4 cup carrots chopped
  • 1/4 cup bell pepper color of choice chopped
  • 2 T Worcestershire Sauce
  • 1 t garlic powder
  • 1 t oregano
  • 1 t pepper
  • 1 t oat bran opt.
  • 1 t wheat bran opt.
  • 1 t wheat germ opt.
  • 1/2 t ground mustard
  • dash of crushed peppers
  • dash of cayenne pepper
  • Ketchup or BBQ Sauce

Instructions

  1. Combine all wet ingredients together.
  2. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients, and dig in with your hands to form 1-2 inch balls.
  3. Arrange meatballs in the slow cooker on top of each other if needed.
  4. Cover, and cook on high for 4.5-5 hours or on low for 6-8 hours. The longer you cook them, the more likely they are to fall apart, so watch carefully.