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Why order pizza on Halloween when you can whip up something spooky and satisfying? Apple butter and soy sauce add flavor to protein-rich cannellini beans and lean ground turkey. Before your children dig into bags of candy, give them something healthy and nutritious!
This Recipe Courtesy of Mealtime.org
Nutritional Information
Per Serving: Calories 352; Total fat 8g; Saturated fat 3g;
Cholesterol 68mg; Sodium 705mg; Carbohydrate 39g; Fiber 3g; Protein 28g; Vitamin A 6%DV*; Vitamin C 14%DV; Folate 14%DV; Calcium 23%DV; Iron 39%DV; Potassium 12%DV
Ingredients
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INGREDIENTS: 1/2 cup drained canned cannellini beans or other white beans
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1 large egg, lightly beaten
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1 tablespoon apple butter
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1 tablespoon soy sauce
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1 1/2 pounds ground turkey
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8 pitted colossal green olives, cut in 3 round slices
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2 cans (15 ounces each) tomato sauce with Italian herbs
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1-2 small black olives, cut in 1/4-inch dice, you will need 24 pieces
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12 small club rolls (about 5-inches long), split
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EQUIPMENT: Baking Sheet
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Mixing Bowl
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Saucepan
Preparation
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1
Preheat oven to 400°F.
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2
Mash the beans with a fork, potato masher or food processor until completely smooth.
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3
Mix with egg, ketchup, apple butter and soy sauce. Mix into the ground turkey using your hands until completely incorporated.
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Wet your hands with cold water and form into 24, 1-1/2-inch meatballs, and put on 2 sheet pans leaving plenty of space in between.
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5
Push a green olive ring deeply into the center of each meatball, with the circular side facing up. Mold the meat around the olive into a football shape so that each meatball looks like an eye. Bake for 10 minutes until the meat is cooked through.
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While the eyeballs are cooking heat the sauce in a saucepan until simmering, and keep warm.
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7
Remove eyeballs from the oven. Dab away any juice from the top with a paper towel and insert a piece of black olive into the hole in the center of each green olive giving each eye a dark pupil.
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TO SERVE: Spoon 1/4 cup sauce in each roll, top with 2 tablespoons cheese and insert 2 eyeballs side-by-side staring out from each roll.
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