Italian Turkey Spinach Bake

Lightly oil a 2 Qt. casserole dish. Saute 1 med. finely chopped onion in 2 t. olive oil. Add 1 16 oz. bag frozen chopped spinach. Season w/ salt & pepper. Add chopped turkey meat balls (I used 1 16 oz. bag Trader Joe's Fully Cooked Turkey Meatballs). Heat through and taste for seasoning. Spread mixture in the bottom of the casserole. In small bowl mix 1 15 oz. container part skim Riccotta cheese with 1 egg, ground black pepper, and some chopped fresh basil. Dollop Riccotta mixture over spinach mixture in casserole dish. Spread with Pasta Sauce to your liking (I use 12 oz. Muir Glen Organic Tomato Basil). Sprinkle with 8 oz. shredded Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese. Bake in a 375 oven for 30 minutes or until top is brown oozy cheesy goodness. Let sit for 10 minutes or so to solidify. If you enjoy Italian food, you will love this. For friends or family members who are non-WLS people, you could add a side of pasta and a green salad and everyone would be good to go!

I'm going to try this tomorrow. This sounds so yummy!!

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I should enter the ingredients on one of those websites that figure the nutritional data for a recipe. I'd like to know how many gms of Protein per 1/2 c. serving for example. I just made the recipe up yesterday, so....

We don 't have a Trader Joes near me...but I am Italian and very good at making meatballs, lol. So I think I will try this after surgery. Thanks for the recipe!

We don 't have a Trader Joes near me...but I am Italian and very good at making meatballs' date=' lol. So I think I will try this after surgery. Thanks for the recipe![/quote']

I love Italian people. Firemen puerto rican men & everybody LMFAO I'm crazy! The weight lost got to my brain.

Been a while since I made meat balls but when I do make it it's delicious. I'm waiting 6 months to have a little Pasta & rice at least twice a week no more then that. Also whole wheat bread. Hey I'm gonna take my self out to UNO on my 6 months steak & mash potatoe with a long stick of bread yummy. Wth I'm making my self hungry Lolz...

@ bekki yeah, I like to make my own balls, too, but I wanted to make a casserole that would be perfect for a weeknight, so, Trader Joe's to the rescue...lol

I used turkey Italian sausage instead of meatballs, fresh spinach instead of frozen, added a couple cloves of garlic and it was the bomb!!!! Thanks for the idea!

I love Italian people. Firemen puerto rican men & everybody LMFAO I'm crazy! The weight lost got to my brain.

Been a while since I made meat balls but when I do make it it's delicious. I'm waiting 6 months to have a little Pasta & rice at least twice a week no more then that. Also whole wheat bread. Hey I'm gonna take my self out to UNO on my 6 months steak & mash potatoe with a long stick of bread yummy. Wth I'm making my self hungry Lolz...

I'm Italian

If my husband was Italian and anyone in his family Cooked authentic Italian I would have ate myself to death. It is my favorite food!!! Lol. Italian Stallions- u guys r crazy!! I'm celebrating my 6 months or 1 derland with pizza.

This sounds so good! I just have to run out and buy ricotta tomorrow and I'm going to give it a try. I even have a bag of trader joes turkey meatballs in my freezer!

Italian Turkey Spinach Bake

Lightly oil a 2 Qt. casserole dish. Saute 1 med. finely chopped onion in 2 t. olive oil. Add 1 16 oz. bag frozen chopped spinach. Season w/ salt & pepper. Add chopped turkey meat balls (I used 1 16 oz. bag Trader Joe's Fully Cooked Turkey Meatballs). Heat through and taste for seasoning. Spread mixture in the bottom of the casserole. In small bowl mix 1 15 oz. container part skim Riccotta cheese with 1 egg' date=' ground black pepper, and some chopped fresh basil. Dollop Riccotta mixture over spinach mixture in casserole dish. Spread with Pasta Sauce to your liking (I use 12 oz. Muir Glen Organic Tomato Basil). Sprinkle with 8 oz. shredded Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese. Bake in a 375 oven for 30 minutes or until top is brown oozy cheesy goodness. Let sit for 10 minutes or so to solidify. If you enjoy Italian food, you will love this. For friends or family members who are non-WLS people, you could add a side of pasta and a green salad and everyone would be good to go![/quote']

If you use my fitness pal you can enter ingredients and it will brake it down for you. So I'm told never did it my self