Penguin Meatballs

Name: Penguin Meatballs
Prep time: 55 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 6 inches 16 mini bamboo skewers; 1 large carrot (1 to 1 1/2 inches in diameter); 454 grams bag frozen cooked plain or Italian-style meatballs (32 count), thawed; 16 strips bell pepper or onion, 1/2 inch by 3 inches

Penguin Meatballs

This gluten free, dairy free, and primal recipe serves 16. One serving contains 77 calories, 5g of protein, and 6g of fat. Head to the store and pick up onion, carrot, meatballs, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 55 minutes.

Instructions

Heat oven to 350F.

Equipment you will use

Oven

Bell pepper or onion strips make the breast of each penguin. Blanch peppers or onions by placing in boiling water 20 seconds; plunge into ice water.

Ingredients you will need

Bell Pepper

Water

Peppers

Onion

Drain; set aside.

Cut 16 diagonal slices (1/4-inch thick) from carrot. To make beaks, cut a small triangle from edge of each carrot slice; set aside.

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Carrot

Place the carrot slices for the feet in small microwavable bowl. Cover; microwave on High 30 seconds. Uncover; set aside. For head of each penguin, make small hole in each of 16 meatballs to hold beak; push skewer through meatball, starting at top of head. To place beak, insert carrot triangle into small hole of each meatball, inserting tip of skewer into carrot to secure in place.

Ingredients you will need

Meatballs

Carrot

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Microwave

Skewers

Bowl

Count out 16 additional meatballs to use for body of each penguin. Push skewer with first meatball (head) through 1 end of pepper or onion, then 1 meatball (body), and then through opposite end of pepper or onion. Continue pushing point of skewer into carrot slice with cutout facing forward as the feet.

Ingredients you will need

Meatballs

Carrot

Pepper