Mini Meatballs With Cranberry Sauce

Total Time: 2 hrs 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 lbs ground beef or 2 lbs ground turkey
• 2 1/2 cups crushed strawberry miniature shredded wheat cereal
• 2 teaspoons salt or 2 teaspoons salt substitute
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1 tablespoon water
• 1/8 teaspoon basil
• 1 teaspoon chinese five spice powder
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 (15 ounce) cans whole berry cranberry sauce
• 1/2-1 cup cranberry juice or 1/2-1 cup water

Recipe

• 1 beat eggs with water until frothy in small bowl.
• 2 in large metal bowl add ground meat, crushed cereal and salt. mix well.
• 3 add beaten eggs,basil and chinese 5 spice.
• 4 mix until blended. i use my hands.
• 5 preheat oven to 375.
• 6 form into 2 inch meat balls.
• 7 place on a baking tray.
• 8 bake 20 to 30 minutes.
• 9 during baking turn over with tongs.
• 10 cool.
• 11 in large crockpot,add 1 tblsp olive oil. wipe it around the bottom and sides of the crockpot.
• 12 add two cans of cranberry sauce or your homemade sauce.
• 13 add meat balls.
• 14 cover with cranberry sauce.
• 15 cover and cook from 2 hrs to 6 hours high heat the first hour and low heat the remaining time. it is a make ahead recipe.
• 16 add water or cranberry juice if the sauce is getting too thick.