Turkey Meatballs

I can't seem to find bison meat anywhere. I really loved the taste of my last meatballs so I decided to try making them using turkey meat, since it's quite healthy. I remember the vegetarians in my Home Ec. class would have to make hamburgers using chickpeas so I thought that would be interesting to try since I have a big bag of chickpeas in my kitchen. Here's the recipe I used.

Turkey Meatballs

 1 lb lean ground turkey
1 tsp dried parsley
1/2 tablespoon  black pepper
1 cup mashed chickpeas
1 egg
1 tbsp minced garlic

1/2 onion, chopped
1 chilli pepper,  finely chopped
1/2 tsp dried marjoram
1/2 tsp ginger powder 
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp dried parsley



Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line a cookie tray with parchment paper.
In a large bowl, mix together all the ingredients.
Roll the ground turkey mixture into small meatballs and place on prepared pan.
Bake meatballs in the oven at 375 for 20 minutes or till no longer pink inside.

 I have the worst blender ever so I wasn't able to get the chickpeas too smooth. 

This is the meat mix before rolling into balls

Before putting them into the oven:

And after:

I prefer the bison meatballs but these were still pretty good.

Turkey and Black Bean Chilli

 I am going to be incredibly busy this week so I decided to make a batch of chilli to freeze. Turkey is supposed to be healthier than most other meats. Also, I love black beans! I had never had them before I underwent the Daniel Fast. I didn't think any bean could surpass kidney beans. I was so wrong!

Recipe here

I added sliced mushrooms and a cup of frozen vegetable mix instead of the zucchini. I didn't have any tomato paste so I didn't use any. Also, I added hot sauce instead of jalapenos. It tasted awesome! I froze individual servings in ziplock bags.