from the cookbook "fix, freeze, and feast"
i have made these for a couple of different freezer meal demonstrations in the ward and with friends and they have been a HUGE hit! i had never made meatballs before, but these are so easy and yummy and freeze well. the recipe makes 120 of them. you could half it if you wanted, but i would suggest making all 120 and freezing them in quart sized bags. they'll go fast. sara, you can be my witness.
6 lbs. lean ground beef
15 string cheeses
3 cups dry bread crumbs
2/3 cup milk
4 eggs, lightly beaten
1/4 cup minced onion
2 Tablespoons minced garlic
1 Tablespoon salt
2 teaspoons black pepper
1. remove string cheese from wrappers and cut each one into 8 equal pieces.
2. preheat oven to 500 degrees.
3. using your hands, thoroughly combine beef, bread crumbs, milk, eggs, onion, garlic, salt and pepper in a LARGE bowl. shape into 1 to 1 1/2 inch meatballs around each piece of cheese. seal meatballs well to keep the cheese from oozing out.
4. place meatballs close together on a lightly greased cookie sheet (i would use foil so you don't have a huge clean-up). bake for 15 min. let cool and place in baggies to freeze.
5. serve as spaghetti and meatballs, meatball subs, sweedish meatballs, sweet and sour meatballs, mushroom gravy meatballs, or whatever else you like. enjoy!
