As you all well know, my daughter is a picky eater. There are very few things that I put in front of her that she will eat. We have our old standbys that usually work. For breakfast french toast balls or nanna’s pancakes are a sure fire hit. For lunch a basic cheese sandwich with ranch dressing will usually do the trick and for supper meatballs or meatloaf are a safe bet. As of the past month our daughter has begun commenting that her food is “too spicy”. This is a strange comment as mommy never makes spicy food. She has developed a fear of her old favorite the meatball over the “too spicy” concern, Mommy thought she would squash this fear by making her some sweet meatballs & since one of her favorite things to eat is maple syrup it was the perfect combination.
Maple and Swiss Meatballs
Ingredients:
20oz of ground turkey
1 egg
1/2 cup of wheat bread crumbs
1/3 cup of real maple syrup
1 cup of shredded swiss cheese
1/4 tsp pepper
Directions:
Preheat oven to 400. Combine all the ingredients except the cheese in a large mixing bowl. Add the cheese and mix in with your hands evenly distributing the cheese throughout. Shape mixture into small balls about 1″ round. Place on a cookie sheet lined with foil & spray with cooking spray. Bake for 20 minutes or until cooked fully through. Cook times may vary.
In a stroke of pure genius from my husband, he made cocktail meatballs by sticking pretzel sticks in the middle of them. What a great idea instead of a toothpick. I will be trying this at our next party.
Mai has been practicing with her chopsticks and getting pretty good at it. She gobbled up her meatballs and they were not too spicy.
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http://trialanderrorkitchen.wordpress.com/2014/05/04/turkey-meatballs/
http://ktoonkooks.wordpress.com/2014/05/04/succulent-spaghetti-meatballs/
http://meggoesnomnom.com/2014/05/01/gingery-pork-meatballs-with-noodles/
10 comments
My younger daughter aka the picky eater used to love meatballs as a baby, but now won’t really go near them. Wonder if this would work for her. May need to try. Thanks for sharing and Mai sure looks like she loves these!! 🙂
Picky eaters! Ugh! I love maple flavored anything, so these were a big hit with me. Lol! Meatballs are always safe in our house, but I have to change them up for me and the hubby.
These look delicious! I love using ground turkey!
Thank you. They were really good. They were a hit with all.
Sounds great, and I absolutely love the pretzel sticks instead of toothpicks! 🙂
Those look interesting–I would never have thought of the combo for meatballs!
Love the idea of using pretzel sticks! Thanks for sharing on the Thursday Blog Hop!
Looks very delicious! Thanks for linking up with us and we hope to see you next week! Sandra from Scrumptilicious4You with the Four Seasons Blog Hop.
Thanks Sandra. Thanks for hosting.
Do you have any thoughts of what this could go over? Or maybe a sauce to use?