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Cheesy Meatball Pizza

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 12 servings
Calories
Author Safeway

Ingredients

  • 1 pound Open Nature® ground turkey
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 cup tomato basil pasta sauce
  • 1/2 cup quick oats or Panko breadcrumbs
  • 1 cup finely chopped baby spinach
  • 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1 clove garlic grated (can substitute with 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder)
  • 3 mozzarella cheese sticks cut into 36 little chunks (12 chunks per stick)
  • Mini Pizzas
  • 6 whole-wheat English muffins
  • 1 1/2 cups tomato basil pasta sauce
  • 1 package shredded mozzarella cheese

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 400º.
  • In a medium bowl, add egg, pasta sauce, quick oats or panko, spinach, salt, and garlic. Whisk together with a fork then add ground turkey and fold together until everything is evenly incorporated.
  • Scoop out the ground turkey mixture by the tablespoon-full and shape this around one mozzarella chunk to create a mini-meatball. Repeat this step until you have 36 mini-meatballs and have used all of the ground turkey mixture.
  • Place all of the cheese-filled meatballs on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and bake for 15 - 17 minutes, until cooked through.
  • To make the pizzas, place each English muffin half (cut side up) on a baking sheet (for a total of 12 mini-pizzas). Spray lightly with nonstick olive oil cooking spray, or drizzle with olive oil. Place in the oven under low broil until lightly toasted, about 5 minutes.
  • Remove pizzas from the oven and top each mini pizza with 2 tablespoons pasta sauce, 3 meatballs, and 2 tablespoons shredded cheese. Return to the oven until cheese is melted and bubbly, about 3 minutes.
  • Serve immediately, or save for later by refrigerating or freezing. Enjoy!