Buffalo Chicken (or turkey!) Meatballs

Could you do me a favor?

If you make these Chicken Meatballs again after today, box a few up, throw in a freezer pack, and send them my way?

Thanks, I knew you were a good friend!

They’re really (and I mean REALLY) good. Moist, crisp on the outside, full of flavor, and covered in buffalo sauce. Swoon! Adapted from skinnytaste.com. She’s got GOOD stuff guys. Go check her out!

Here’s what you will need:

- 1 1/4 lb ground chicken or turkey (I used turkey cuz it’s what I had)

- 1/4 c. bread crumbs

- 1 large egg

- 2 scallions (which I didn’t have, I just added onion powder)

- 1/3 c. minced celery

- 1/3 c. minced carrot

- 1 clove crushed garlic

- salt & peppa to taste

- 1/3 c. Frank’s hot Sauce

I had frozen turkey patties on hand, they worked nicely for this.

Put it all in a bowl together. (minus the hot sauce).

Moosh it on up until everything is well-blended. Use your hands. Or a spoon if you want to be civilized! Oh, and preheat your oven to 400 before you get your hands all gunky in the next step!

Mmmmmm, smells delicious.

Roll it up into, well, balls. Approx. 25 to keep ‘em even and such. Place them on a non-stick cookie sheet, lightly oiled. Or use tinfoil for easy clean-up because “ain’t nobody got time for that”. Place in the oven at 400 for 16-18 minute or until golden and ya know, not raw.

Take a deeeeeeep sniff of them as they come out of the oven. Then throw them in a bowl and swirl it around until their covered.  Try to not to get too enthusiastic with your swirling.

Garnish with celery leaves, add a greek yogurt dipping sauce, and voila, the masses will love you.

Buffalo Cauliflower Bites

Super Bowl Sunday!

It's finally here.

Don't get me wrong, I probably could not care less and I don't have TV so I won't be watching it today (I will however watch all of the funny commercials online!).

I'm excited for all of the recipes and food that people will be sharing!

Today I'm hanging out at home, working on challenge groups, and catching up on homework, so I'm making a few small batch versions of my favorite "tailgating" foods!

Ignore the crappy photo, it was girl's night and I almost forgot to snap a pic :)

First up, this yummy Buffalo Cauliflower. It. is. delicious. Especially as a substitute for chicken wings! It's not only a much CHEAPER option for those of us on a budget, it also saves some room for the buffalo ground turkey meatballs I'll be sharing later ;)

Okay, I love buffalo sauce and spicy things. Don't judge! I also made a few barbecue sauced versions for my roomie, because she can't handle spicy!

Ingredients

• 1 head cauliflower; chopped into bite size piece
• ½ cup flour
• ½ cup water
• Pinch of kosher salt
• Pinch of garlic powder
• Non-stick spray
• ***Sauce***
• 1 tsp. butter, melted
• ½ cup Frank’s Red Hot sauce

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 450F.
2. In a small bowl, combine bflour, water, garlic powder and salt. Mix thoroughly with a whisk.
3. Dip cauliflower pieces in the batter until coated evenly, then place on a lightly greased, non-stick baking sheet.
4. Bake for about 10 minutes or until the batter hardens, then flip with a spatula and bake for another 5 minutes.
5. Whisk together Frank’s Red Hot sauce and butter in a small bowl.
6. When the cauliflower is finished, take a plastic pastry brush and evenly brush each piece with the hot sauce mixture (or just throw 'em in the bowl with the sauce and lift out with a fork haha)!
7. Bake coated cauliflower for an additional 8-10 minutes, or until cauliflower is crispy, and sauce looks absorbed.
8. Remove from oven.
9. Let cauliflower bites cool for a few minutes before serving.
10. Enjoy!