Another great recipe from Gina!!!

Tonight I chose a new recipe from Gina's skinny recipes...  She's dubbed it Skinny Spinach Italian Meatballs.  Very good, as usual!  As I've said before... I have yet to have a recipe from her NOT be phenomenal.

Meatballs

• 1 lb. 90% or better ground beef (I used ground tenderloin)
• 2 pieces of 100% whole wheat bread, toasted and chopped
• 1 pack of frozen Spinach, thawed and drained
• 2 tsp garlic, minced
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup Romano cheese, shredded
• salt and pepper

Sauce

• 30 oz crushed tomatoes
• 2 tsp garlic, minced
• 1/2 onion
• 1 tsp olive oil
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp pepper

Toast bread and chop in foodprocessor.  Preheat 350.  Put pot of water on to boil for noodles.

In large bowl mix meat, garlic, spinach, cheese, egg, breadcrumbs, and salt and pepper until thoroughly mixed.  Roll into meatballs about 1/8 cup each (smaller than a golf ball... I used my small cookie scoop).  Place on cookie sheet and bake for 12-15 minutes, until cooked all the way through.

In pot add olive oil and saute garlic until golden brown.  Add tomatoes, salt and pepper.  Mix and add onion.  Cover and simmer on low.

Put noodles in boiling water.  Add meatballs in sauce... return cover and simmer until noodles are done.  Remove and discard onion.  Drain noodles and serve with meatballs and sauce.

Meatballs were 1 point each and I got 26 out of this recipe... with one serving of noodles and 4 meatballs I was looking at a 9 point dinner.