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    Turkey Meatballs in Creamy Dairy Free Sauce

    March 28, 2016 by Laureen King

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    Turkey Meatballs in Creamy Dairy Free Sauce starts with the best turkey meatballs I ever made, they are then slathered in a rich creamy dairy free sauce.

    Turkey meatballs in Dairy free cream sauceThis post is sponsored by Almond Breeze. I love  working with great companies like Almond Breeze and was compensated for this post. As always the opinions expressed are my own!

    This outstanding recipe for Turkey Meatballs in Dairy Free Cream Sauce is not only incredibly tasty, it is healthy! Made with low fat ground turkey and a creamy low calorie sauce. Instead of cream I used Almond Breeze Beverage, the refrigerated unsweetened original version. Only 30 calories per cup and you will be amazed at how creamy the sauce is..

    Turkey meatballs in Dairyfree cream sauce

    This sauce is a robust combination of flavours including sun-dried tomatoes, basil and those delicious browned bits from the pan after searing the meatballs. I always assumed cream was required to get a creamy type of sauce that tasted good. Wrong I was, this sauce is super creamy tasting using Almond Breeze beverage. There was no compromise of flavour!

    Turkey meatballs in Dairy free cream sauce

    I love using ground turkey in recipes and this meatball recipe is one you are going to want to keep handy for all your meatball dishes. My secret ingredient - a hint of lemon. A bit of lemon zest combined with garlic and onions adds such a great dept of flavour to these moist and tender turkey meatballs.

    Turkey meatballs in Dairy free cream sauce

    Turkey Meatballs in Creamy Dairy Free Sauce

    Laureen King
    Outstanding recipe for Turkey Meatballs in Dairy Free Cream Sauce is not only incredibly tasty, it is healthy!
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    Cook Time 30 mins
    Total Time 30 mins
    Course Dinner
    Cuisine American
    Servings 4 servings

    Ingredients
      

    • 1 lb ground turkey
    • ½ cup onion finely chopped
    • 1 teaspoon garlic finely minced about 2 cloves
    • ⅓ cup panko bread crumbs
    • 2 tablespoon Almond Breeze unsweetened Original Refrigerated
    • 1 teaspoon grated fresh lemon zest
    • ½ teaspoon koscher salt
    • ½ teaspoon pepper
    • ¼ cup fresh parsley chopped do not use stems
    • 1-2 tablespoon olive oil
    • 1 cup chicken broth
    • 1 cup Almond Breeze unsweetened Original Refrigerated
    • ⅓ cup sun dried tomatoes chopped
    • 1 teaspoon dried basil
    • 1 tablespoon flour
    • salt and pepper to taste

    Instructions
     

    • Preheat oven to 350º
    • In small bowl combine together panko bread crumbs and 2 tablespoon Almond Breeze.
    • In large skillet heat 1 tablespoon olive oil
    • Sauté onions until soft, about 3 minutes, add garlic and sauté for additional couple of minutes. Be sure not to burn the garlic or it will taste bitter.
    • In large bowl combine together ground turkey and bread crumbs.
    • Add sautéd onions and garlic
    • Add parsley, lemon zest, salt and pepper.
    • Roll into meatballs slightly smaller than a golf ball, should make about 16 meatballs.
    • In same skillet you used to sauté onions and garlic, heat a bit more olive oil if necessary.
    • Add meatballs browning on all sides, carefully turning meatballs so they don’t break apart.
    • When all side have been seared, transfer to baking sheet that has been sprayed with cooking oil. Bake until done (165º F) in 350 degree oven. (mine took about 13 minutes)
    • While meatballs finish cooking in oven prepare sauce.
    • After removing meatballs from skillet, add 1 cup chicken broth. Heat until boiling, be sure to scrape all those flavourful bits off bottom of pan.
    • Reduce to medium heat and add 1 cup Almond Breeze.
    • Stir in sun dried tomatoes and dried basil.
    • Season with salt and pepper
    • To thicken sauce, in small bowl stir together 1 tablespoon flour and 2 tablespoon chicken broth until smooth. While constantly stirring add to sauce to thicken.
    • When meatballs are done add them to the sauce.
    • Simmer on low heat for an additional 10-15 minutes stirring occasionally to coat all the meatballs with sauce.
    • Serve with side dish of your choice, I like broad noodles.
    Keyword turkey meatballs, creamy dairy free sauce
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    Comments

    1. Kristen Chidsey

      March 29, 2016 at 3:47 pm

      What a great way to use Almond Breeze--love this!

      Reply
      • Laureen King

        March 29, 2016 at 8:51 pm

        Thanks Kristen, it really is a great dairy free replacement for a lot of recipes.

        Reply
    2. Megan @ MegUnprocessed

      March 31, 2016 at 9:16 am

      That sauce sounds amazing! Love that it's dairy free! 🙂

      Reply
      • Laureen King

        March 31, 2016 at 8:54 pm

        The sauce is really tasty and the meatballs are sooo good. You won't believe how the hint of lemon add such a dept of flavour to the meatballs.

        Reply
    3. nicole @ I am a honey bee

      April 01, 2016 at 4:54 am

      fantastic diary free recipe

      Reply
      • Laureen King

        April 02, 2016 at 10:06 pm

        Thank you Nicole 🙂

        Reply
    4. Keriann

      August 05, 2016 at 7:40 am

      Ingredients call for almonds not almond milk I would need to use cashew milk as I am allergic to almonds. Looks yummy

      Reply
    5. michelle

      January 02, 2018 at 3:55 pm

      I made mine gluten free
      Made my own bread crumbs from udi,s bread and used corn starch to thicken
      Very good thanks

      Reply
      • Laureen King

        January 02, 2018 at 6:37 pm

        Great way adapting the recipe to gluten free.

        Reply

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