Omnomnom: meatballs

Do you have a picky eater? My little guy is normally pretty good, but every once in awhile (at the onset of a bug or overtired) he puts his foot down and everything I make is ABSOLUTELY "biscusting"! I have not been able to please my little ninja the last few days... until tonight. Enter porcupine meatballs, which were abruptly renamed "Stegosaurus Meatballs". They might not be the healthiest, but I see room for improvement and they were easy. I whipped them up in the 5 minutes between screaming baby and explosive diaper. So here they are:

Stegosaurus Meatballs with baked broccoli and steams carrots

Stegosaurus Meatballs**
What you need:

• 1ish lbs ground meat (I used lean ground beef, but I think they would be oh-so-tasty with ground turkey)
• 1/2c or so of uncooked rice
• thinly diced onion or onion powder
• Worcester sauce
• mustard (regular old yellow is fine)
• 1/2c or so water
• spices/seasonings of your choice (I threw in a couple shakes of my Montreal steak spice, and a couple shakes of garlic powder)
• 1 can of cream of whatever soup (or a healthier alternative) mixed with 1c water

What to do:

• Preheat your oven to 350
• Mix your meat, rice, onion, some Worcester sauce, a couple squirts of mustard, 1/2c water and your seasonings.
• Form into meatballs and put them in an ungreased casserole dish
• Pour the soup/water  over top and bake for 45 minutes covered
• Uncover and bake for another 15 minutes or so.

Then eat! My picky-for-today guy ate 4 meatballs without me pleading 800 times to "Please keep eating, bug. C'mon, let me see you take another bite." You can make these healthier by using lean ground turkey/chicken instead AND meatballs are the perfect cover-up for purred veggies. You could throw in purred zucchini, broccoli, carrots, spinach... the possibilities are endless (and the kids won't be able to tell that they are there! Boo-Ya!)



**If you've read any of my other recipe-type posts, then you will know.. but for those of you who are new; I'm sorry for my lack of real measurements. I'm an eyeballer. I don't usually measure or weigh things before putting into a recipe, so bare with me. Thanks! :)