This is a tried and true food service recipe very much like the others: Very
good, but needs tweaks for diabetics. :-)

Half a loaf of stale bread
10 eggs
2 cups dried bread crumbs, italian seasoned
1 cup Parmesan Cheese
2 TBS chopped garlic
2 TBS salt
1 Cup fresh basil, chopped.
1 Cup flat leaf fresh parsley, chopped
1.5 pounds ground beef
2.5 pounds ground pork.

Soak bread in water until soggy. Squeeze out excess water. In mixer, combine
soaked bread, eggs, bread crumbs and parmesan cheese. Mix for two minutes on
medium speed. Add garlic, salt, basil, parsley, beef and pork. Mix on low
speed for 12 minutes until a well-blended smooth texture is reached (if too
soft, add more bread crumbs) Portion meat balls in two ounce balls. Roll in
bread crumbs to coat lightly. Place on full sized sheet pan until evenly
covered. Bake in oven at 450 degrees for 15 minutes. Remove and cool. Serve
or Freeze.

Cheri wrote:
> This is a tried and true food service recipe very much like the
> others: Very good, but needs tweaks for diabetics. :-)
>
> Half a loaf of stale bread
> 10 eggs
> 2 cups dried bread crumbs, italian seasoned
> 1 cup Parmesan Cheese
> 2 TBS chopped garlic
> 2 TBS salt
> 1 Cup fresh basil, chopped.
> 1 Cup flat leaf fresh parsley, chopped
> 1.5 pounds ground beef
> 2.5 pounds ground pork.
>
> Soak bread in water until soggy. Squeeze out excess water. In mixer,
> combine soaked bread, eggs, bread crumbs and parmesan cheese. Mix for
> two minutes on medium speed. Add garlic, salt, basil, parsley, beef
> and pork. Mix on low speed for 12 minutes until a well-blended smooth
> texture is reached (if too soft, add more bread crumbs) Portion meat
> balls in two ounce balls. Roll in bread crumbs to coat lightly.
> Place on full sized sheet pan until evenly covered. Bake in oven at
> 450 degrees for 15 minutes. Remove and cool. Serve or Freeze.

Interesting combo Cheri.

"Ozgirl" > wrote in message
...
> Cheri wrote:
>> This is a tried and true food service recipe very much like the
>> others: Very good, but needs tweaks for diabetics. :-)
>>
>> Half a loaf of stale bread
>> 10 eggs
>> 2 cups dried bread crumbs, italian seasoned
>> 1 cup Parmesan Cheese
>> 2 TBS chopped garlic
>> 2 TBS salt
>> 1 Cup fresh basil, chopped.
>> 1 Cup flat leaf fresh parsley, chopped
>> 1.5 pounds ground beef
>> 2.5 pounds ground pork.
>>
>> Soak bread in water until soggy. Squeeze out excess water. In mixer,
>> combine soaked bread, eggs, bread crumbs and parmesan cheese. Mix for
>> two minutes on medium speed. Add garlic, salt, basil, parsley, beef
>> and pork. Mix on low speed for 12 minutes until a well-blended smooth
>> texture is reached (if too soft, add more bread crumbs) Portion meat
>> balls in two ounce balls. Roll in bread crumbs to coat lightly.
>> Place on full sized sheet pan until evenly covered. Bake in oven at
>> 450 degrees for 15 minutes. Remove and cool. Serve or Freeze.
>
> Interesting combo Cheri.

We used to make it for the kids in the schools years ago, using dried herbs,
but most of them loved them. They're actually really good, I used to make
them for the family, but now it's not diabetic friendly. I was just noticing
that the recipes listed here for the meatballs have a lot of the same things
in the recipes, and people agree that they're good. I think Susans' recipe
will work really well and sounds good. Actually, all the recipes sound good.