Easy Meatballs

Ingredients

• 1 pound lean ground beef (15% fat)
• 1/2 cup uncooked white or brown rice
• 2/3 cup nonfat or 1% milk
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 1/2 cup chopped onion (1/2 medium onion)
• 1/2 cup shredded carrot
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper

Sauce:

• 1 can (10.5 ounces) condensed soup (try tomato, cream of mushroom or other flavors)
• 3/4 cup nonfat or 1% milk

Directions

1. Wash hands with soap and water.
2. Preheat oven to 350 °F. Lightly grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
3. Combine beef, rice, milk, egg, onion, carrot, salt and pepper. Use a spoon to form 24 meatballs and place in baking dish.
4. In a separate bowl, combine soup and milk to make the sauce. Mix well. Pour sauce over meatballs.
5. Cover pan tightly with foil. Bake for 1 hour.
6. Refrigerate leftovers within 2 hours.

Notes:

• Try using uncooked quick cooking or old fashioned rolled oats instead of rice!