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Southwest Turkey Meatballs with Creamy Avocado Dip

By Kathi & Rachel

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Who doesn’t love meatballs?  They are the perfect snack food and these Southwest Turkey Meatballs are low fat and delicious!

Southwest Meatballs served with a toothpick and avocado dip

 

Superbowl food!  Hawks and Denver will go at it this Sunday and us Seattleites are pumped!  Whoot!  Whoot!  We have been busy planning the food we are going to eat and drink for 2 weeks…not sure whats more exciting, the game or the grog!…spoken like a true food junkie huh?

This recipe will definitely make the cut.  Lean ground turkey with jalepenos, cumin and a few other ingredients you most likely have on hand.    All baked up and served with an easy creamy avocado dip.

Southwest Turkey Meatballs on a sheet ban ready to bake

 

I use a mini ice cream scoop for size uniformity –  I like all my balls lined up in a row…arn’t they pretty?   Do try to make them the same size so they get done at the same time.

The dip is simply avocado, sour cream, mayo and some cumin and more chopped jalapeno’s.

Go Hawks!

Clink!

Kathi

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Southwest Turkey Meatballs with Creamy Avocado Dip

A healthy and super flavorful appetizer that everyone will love!
5 from 2 votes
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Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes minutes
Servings: 16
Author: Kathi & Rachel

Ingredients

  • Meatballs
  • 1 # ground turkey or chicken
  • 1 leave jalapeño pepper - seeded and deveined (unless you like it hot 'em in!)
  • 1 egg
  • 1 clove garlic - minced
  • 1/2 cup Panko style crumbs regular will do as well
  • 1 tablespoon cumin
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper
  • Creamy Avocado Dipping Sauce
  • 1 avocado - mashed
  • 1/3 cup sour cream
  • 1/3 cup mayonnaise
  • 1 teaspoon heaping cumin
  • 1/2 jalapeño - finely chopped

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
  • Line baking sheet with foil or parchment paper.
  • Mix all meatball ingredients together.
  • Form into 1-2 " balls and place on prepared baking sheet.
  • Bake for 15 minutes or until cooked through.
  • Meanwhile - mix all dipping sauce ingredients together and put in fridge to chill.
  • Serve meatballs on platter and sauce on the side. Toothpicks are optional!

Nutrition

Calories: 74kcal | Carbohydrates: 2g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 14mg | Sodium: 198mg | Potassium: 81mg | Vitamin A: 70IU | Vitamin C: 1.3mg | Calcium: 15mg | Iron: 0.5mg

 

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  1. Kayla says

    May 14, 2016 at 10:23 pm

    5 stars
    These were easy to throw together and they came out tasting amazing!! Can’t wait to see how everyone likes them when I take them to a potluck tomorrow. Thanks for the recipe!

    Reply
    • Kathi Kirk says

      May 15, 2016 at 1:54 pm

      Thanks Kayla! I’m so glad you liked them!

      Reply
  2. Jules @ WolfItDown says

    February 18, 2014 at 11:04 am

    These look amazing! Loving how few ingredients you are using, as I am sure they are packed full of flavour 😀
    It’s a lovely blog you’ve got here!

    Reply
    • Kathi Kirk says

      February 18, 2014 at 3:36 pm

      Thank you Jules! I took a peek at your blog as well and let me say you are doing a great job yourself! Thanks for visiting, hope you come back!
      Kathi

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      • Jules @ WolfItDown says

        November 3, 2014 at 10:01 pm

        5 stars
        Thank you so much, and by the way – posted these bad boys today, they turned out amazingly, all thanks to you 😀 Hope you are keeping well!

        http://julesthenorweegie.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/southwestern-style-meatballs-avocado-dip.html
        Linked to your page as per usual 🙂 x

    • Kathi Kirk says

      February 26, 2014 at 6:55 pm

      Thanks Jules!

      Reply
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