Thanksgiving is almost here and we are excited to see family we haven’t seen in quite sometime. We generally spend Thanksgiving here, which we love, but it is long overdue for us to visit Matthew’s side of the family which live in Georgia. Whenever Thanksgiving is here we generally host everyone. Every year I try to throw in some type of new dish that I think will go over well with all generations. We have ages ranging from 92-4! So, as a part of my Ragú® New TraDish mission, I decided it would be fun to incorporate something with turkey!
You may remember last month’s recipe where I combined the Ragú® recipe of Oven Baked Chicken Parmesan and the Chunky Gardenstyle Pizza in order to create Chicken Parmesan Gardenstyle Pizza. Well, this month I combined the Mama’s Best Ever Spaghetti and Meatballs with the Italian Cheesesteak Sandwiches in order to come up with my Turkey Meatball Casserole! I love the idea of all of the cheese and the bread combined with those glorious meatballs. Besides, my three men LOVE meatballs and it is an easy recipe to separate out if you have someone with dairy allergies. Davis doesn’t do well with cheese so he eats the meatballs only. This also makes a great week night meal because there are only a few ingredients needed and you likely have them all in your cabinet! Now, that’s my kind of recipe. The family really enjoys the authentic Italian taste of Ragú® sauce and we all really enjoyed this new flavor! I can tell you that we made this over the weekend and the boys gobbled it up. Matthew told me that we MUST add this to our weekly meal rotation. Win!
So, here’s all you will need to in order to have a new dish this Thanksgiving that won’t take you hours slaving away. We are all about keeping it simple over here!
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup Italian seasoned bread crumbs
- 1 jar Ragú® Sautéed Onion and Beef Sauce
- 1 1/2 pounds ground turkey
- 2 eggs
- 5 pieces of white bread (french bread)
- 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
Preparation:
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
- Combine turkey, eggs, bread crumbs, and 1/2 cup of Ragú® sauce in a bowl and mix well.
- Using an ice cream scoop, make balls and place on an un-greased baking sheet.
- Bake meatballs for 10 minutes.
- While meatballs are baking, spray the inside of an oblong baking dish with cooking spray and line with bread. Break apart pieces in order to cover the bottom.
- Cover the bread with about 1/2 cup of cheese.
- Place cooked meatballs on top of the bread and cheese and cover with the rest of the Ragú® sauce and top with the rest of the mozzarella cheese.
- Bake for about 15 minutes at 350 degrees.
- Let stand for 5 minutes before serving.
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So, what are your Thanksgiving meal ideas that make life a little more simple?
That would go over SO big in my house. I am going to have to try this!
I’ve never made a meatball casserole, but this looks very tasty. I love how easy it looks to make.
We have never used turkey to make meatballs, but this casserole looks delicious. I love the cheesy topping!
This looks really good. I usually use ground beef, but I would try turkey. I make this for our work holiday party.
This looks absolutely delicious. I love simple recipes like this, and it would definitely be festive around Thanksgiving without making me spend too much time in the kitchen!
This looks amazing. So easy and tasty.
This looks delicious. Anything with the word casserole in it is always a winner for me.
That looks very tasty. Never would have thought to do this.
I try to do as much for Thanksgiving as possible beforehand. It’s hectic on the actual day!
Oh this would be so good! We had our thanksgiving back in October and I’ve been dying for a good turkey dish ever since!
This looks so amazing! I never thought to make turkey meatballs into a cassarole I pinned it!
You know when you get a request to add it to the regular meal rotation that it’s a hit. This recipe sounds good too, I bet my kids would love it!
I have never used turkey in this way but it really does sound good. Thanks for the recipe! I’ll be sure to try it.
I love that not only does this look great, but it also looks easy to make! Thanks for sharing!
This looks really good! Thanks for sharing!
That looks amazing! I want to make this for dinner tonight.
Never thought about putting meatballs in a casserole before. Looks cheesy good
It’s like an Italian meatball sandwich without all of the mess. This would be a hit in my house! Pinned!
My husband would love this. He has a thing for anything with meatballs. And he loves to do the cooking as well. I need to send this over to him!
I don’t understand the purpose of a layer of bread at the bottom. Seems like it would just turn mushy and not add additional flavor. Why do you need the bread layer?
Oh my gosh this looks like cheesy yummyness. I have to try to make this recipe.
Looks like an amazing dish to me! I love turkey casserole!
This looks and sounds very tasty. Perfect switch from spaghetti.
this looks pretty good. And looks like a pretty simple recipe
Yummy! This looks fantastic! I’m sure my kids would love this too!
Everyone would love this in our family. I’m trying to think of easy recipes to do this would be perfect.
What a great twist. Turkey meatballs will make this not greasy!
Super clever! I would have never though to put meatballs in a casserole and the bread on the bottom layer is genius!
That looks so yummy!! I bet my kids would love that.