Italian sausage, lean ground beef and spices combined together and formed into meatballs.  Pop them in your mouth as they are, cover them in sauce as an appetizer, on a sub sandwich, or as a topping for pasta. Anyway you try them, you just have to try them!

These Italian Meatballs were amazing.  They packed a real flavor punch! I made them about a month ago, and added them to a homemade marinara sauce and served them over spaghetti. 

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Truth be told? I only planned on using half of them for this, and then adding the other half to a crock pot with a homemade Alfredo sauce and using them as an appetizer the next day.  But, then we tasted them.  And then they were gone.  

Pin them before you go! 

We entertained our friends, Todd and Traci, one evening in July.  They came for dinner and dessert, and we had a great time.  I made spaghetti and meatballs, bread and salad for dinner.  We noshed on Fresh Bruschetta and Charcuterie before dinner, and wrapped things up with Banana Cream Pie.  

We had planned to go out for Italian food, and I decided, why not?  I had a few recipes I had been wanting to share with you all, so it was a winning situation!

Ingredients in Homemade Italian Meatballs:

• onion, garlic
• Italian seasoned breadcrumbs
• parmesan cheese
• ground beef, Italian sausage
• eggs
• basil, parsley, oregano
• salt
• olive oil

Combine all of your ingredients in a large bowl.  

Roll into small meatballs.  I used my small cookie dough scoop.  I got 45 meatballs out of my mixture. 

Cover a cookie sheet in foil, and place a wire rack over the top.  Place meatballs on rack.

Bake in the oven for about 20-25 minutes.

Eat them just how they are, or add them to sauce for topping pasta, placing on a meatball sub sandwich, or add them to an Alfredo or cheese sauce in a crock pot and serve as appetizers using toothpicks.

These Salisbury Steak Meatballs, served over mashed potatoes is one of our family’s most favorite comfort food meals.  

Best Meatball Recipes from An Affair from the Heart:

• Salisbury Steak Meatballs
• Baked Spaghetti and Meatballs
• Porcupine Meatballs
• Stuffed Pepper Meatballs
• Instant Pot Twisted Meatball Subs
• Grilled Bratwurst & Kraut Meatball Kabobs
• Swedish Meatballs
• Bacon Cheeseburger Meatballs

Low carb Bacon Cheeseburger Meatballs — the best appetizer around! 

See?  When it comes to a delicious variety of meatballs, there is no need to look any further! 

I hope you enjoy this recipe!   

Yield: 45 meatballs

Homemade Italian Meatballs

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Italian sausage, lean ground beef and spices combined together and formed into meatballs.  Pop them in your mouth as they are, cover them in sauce as an appetizer, on a sub sandwich, or as a topping for pasta. Anyway you try them, you just have to try them!

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 25 minutes

Total Time 40 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 pound ground Italian sausage
• 1 pound lean ground beef
• 1/2 cup onion, chopped
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 cup Italian seasoned breadcrumbs
• 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
• 3 eggs
• 1 teaspoon of each: basil, oregano, parsley and salt

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line a large cookie sheet with heavy duty foil, and top with a wire rack.
2. Combine all of the ingredients in a bowl.
3. Form into approximately 1 Tablespoon sized meatballs. Place on wire rack.
4. Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until meatballs reach an internal temperature of 160 degrees F.
5. Serve alone or with sauce.

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  Heavy Duty Aluminum Foil 
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  Wilton Stainless Steel Cookie Scoop
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  Stainless Steel Wire Cooling Rack for Baking
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  13x18 Half Sheet Pan

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

9

Serving Size:

5 meatballs
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 395Total Fat: 24gSaturated Fat: 9gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 15gCholesterol: 141mgSodium: 786mgCarbohydrates: 14gFiber: 1gSugar: 2gProtein: 30g

Nutrition isn't guaranteed accurate.

If you make this recipe, I’d love to know! Snap a picture, share the photo on social media with the hashtag #AnAffairFromTheHeart – I’d love to see what you made! – Michaela