My husband and I have company often. Keeping a supply of these frozen meatballs on hand means I can easily prepare a quick, satisfying meal. I start with a versatile meatball mix that makes about 12 dozen meatballs, then freeze them in batches for future use. &mdash;Ruth Andrewson, Leavenworth, Washington

Make-Ahead Meatballs

eggs, lightly beaten

dry bread crumbs

onion

salt

Worcestershire sauce

white pepper

beef

14g protein. <B><b>Diabetic Exchanges</b>: </B> 2 lean meat

I recently discovered this recipe in my tattered, premier issue of Quick Cooking! My family is picky about meatballs, so I halved the recipe to give them a try. Next time, I&#039;ll make enough to freeze, as they are so, so good! I did bake them closer to 30 minutes, and once they cooled, let them simmer in a crockpot with spaghetti sauce - we enjoyed them on meatball subs and over spaghetti - definitely a keeper!

I halved this recipe.  Very good!  After I cooked them in the oven, I put them in pasta sauce and let them simmer away.....delish.

I made these for the first time.  I used non-stick foil to line the baking sheets and did not use racks.  They were easy to turn and because I used lean ground beef, there was no grease on the pan after baking.  My husband suggests substituting a fraction of the ground beef with sausage next time.  I added some garlic powder, but even with that, they were a little mild for our tastes.  Maybe I'll use seasoned dry breadcrumbs next time.  It's a versatile and easy recipe to customize.

I cook from scratch for a large family due to food allergies. I like to plan and make ahead many items. This is my go to recipe for meatballs. I make them many times during the year and do add many of the suggested items that have been previously suggested. However,  I form my meatballs with a scoop to make the all the same size and bake them on a broiler pan in the oven.  This allows the grease to drip away during cooking. I also drain/cool them on paper towel and wax paper lined cooling rack before storing. My family loves them. Thank you to the person whom submitted this delicious recipe!!!

This is a great and EASY recipe!!! Along with everything above, I added some sage sausage, Italian herb spices, 1/4 cup of parmesan cheese and used garlic salt instead of regular salt. This is a FUN recipe to prepare. You can add whatever you like to spice it up. Thanks for posting this! I will definitely keep it :)

The original recipe for these in quick cooking has different things to do with them when you get them out of the freezer.  I enjoy all of the adaptations: meatball sandwiches, spaghetti and meatballs, Swedish meatballs and I am not sure of the final one, I lost that page.  They are all good though.

How do you cook the frozen meatballs? Do they need to be thawed first?

I was unsure if we would like these since the recipe sounded bland; so I only made 1 pound.  They were very easy and quite nice.  I am a meatball lover but I do not love making them.  This was easy.  I think next time I will add a little allspice and perhaps a cream sauce to make them more like Swedish meatballs.  Hubby like them too.  I baked them on nonstick foil and the cleanup was simple.

make-ahead meatballs

Prep Time: 30 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Total: 40 minutes

Servings: 17.5

Cost: $1.47 /serving

Author : Taste of Home

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