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Cheese-Stuffed Pesto Turkey Meatballs Exploding with gooey mozzarella cheese and super-moist from the pesto, these flavorful turkey meatballs are a weeknight dinner dream! Serves 4-6 2 lbs ground turkey 1/2 cup pesto 1/2 cup breadcrumbs 2 garlic cloves 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon pepper 16 cubes mozzarella cheese

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Exploding with gooey mozzarella cheese and super-moist from the pesto, these flavorful turkey meatballs are a weeknight dinner dream!

Exploding with gooey mozzarella cheese and super-moist from the pesto, these flavorful turkey meatballs are a weeknight dinner dream! @WholeHeavenly

Can we talk about the fact that meatballs filled with ‘zee green stuff and exploding with all the cheese is just the ONLY way to handle a Monday?

Smoothies are good too, as we learned last week but I’m in a savory mood this particular Monday.

 A gimme-all-the-cheese kinda mood. This past weekend was pretty fast-paced and I’m ready for ALL the comfort food to hit my face today.

Exploding with gooey mozzarella cheese and super-moist from the pesto, these flavorful turkey meatballs are a weeknight dinner dream! @WholeHeavenly

 With a side of these brownies too, obviiiiii. Chocolate is currently on clearance, don’tcha know. 😉

So these meatballs, guys. They are the REAL DEAL kinda comfort food. We’ve got the cheese. We’ve got the pesto. It’s ALL there wrapped up into one cute little meatball.

One meatball that soon turns into 15 that you end up stuffing in ‘yo face.

Whoooops…

Exploding with gooey mozzarella cheese and super-moist from the pesto, these flavorful turkey meatballs are a weeknight dinner dream! @WholeHeavenly

Sorry, fam. I didn’t mean to eat all your dinner.

Speaking of stuffing, can we talk about the whole stuffed-with-a-surprise-of-zee-cheese feature that these meatballs got goin’ on? It’s true and it is GROOVY.

I mean, look at that gooey goodness! Peeeeeeeeeerfection.

Exploding with gooey mozzarella cheese and super-moist from the pesto, these flavorful turkey meatballs are a weeknight dinner dream! @WholeHeavenly

Now that we’ve got that cheese business all taken care of, we’d better have a dang good meatball to surround all that perfection.

Done and DONE, folks. These meatballs are the bombety-bomb and it’s all thanks to the green stuff…..wait for iiiiiiit….

Presenting the PESTO. Welcome to the meatball-party, Mr. P.

Exploding with gooey mozzarella cheese and super-moist from the pesto, these flavorful turkey meatballs are a weeknight dinner dream! @WholeHeavenly

We all know how I feel about that green business, guys. I freakin’ heart pesto and so I went all gung-ho on you and snuck it into some turkey-meatball awesomeness.

Oh.my.goodness. Who woulda’ figgered that pesto would make these meatballs so freakin’ awesome? I mean, the TEXTURE of these little babies! The extreme FLAVOR-NESS….

DYNO-MITE. I am obsessed. ♥♥

 Exploding with gooey mozzarella cheese and super-moist from the pesto, these flavorful turkey meatballs are a weeknight dinner dream! @WholeHeavenly

While the meatballs bake, some of the cheese will just kinda….explode out of the meatballs and melt down the sides. This is A-OK, folks. There’s plenty of cheese still inside that lovely meatball waiting for you.

And to be honest, just the sight of that melty heaven coming outta those meatballs is a pretty gorgeous sight to behold.

Exploding with gooey mozzarella cheese and super-moist from the pesto, these flavorful turkey meatballs are a weeknight dinner dream! @WholeHeavenly

I really just need my own personal XL plate filled with these meatballs today.

And there’s a very good chance I may not be able to wait until dinnertime either.

Exploding with gooey mozzarella cheese and super-moist from the pesto, these flavorful turkey meatballs are a weeknight dinner dream! @WholeHeavenly

XOXO, cheesy pesto meatballs. You make my life complete. MUAH!

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Cheese-Stuffed Pesto Turkey Meatballs

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 16 meatballs

Ingredients

  • 2 lbs ground turkey
  • 1/2 cup breadcrumbs
  • 1/2 cup prepared pesto
  • 2 garlic cloves minced
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground pepper
  • 16 1/2 in cubes mozzarella cheese

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 375F. Lightly grease a baking sheet. Set aside.
  • In a large bowl, combine ground turkey, breadcrumbs, pesto, garlic, salt, and pepper. Form into 1-in balls. Flatten each meatball and place 1 cube of cheese in center. Wrap meatball dough around cheese and gently roll into a ball. Place meatballs on prepared baking sheet.
  • Bake meatballs at 375F 20-25 minutes or until meat registers 165F. Serve meatballs immediately warm.

More meatball fun from awesome bloggers! Because I am obsessed….

Feta-Stuffed Greek Meatballs — Sweet Peas and Saffron

Raspberry-Balsamic Meatballs — The Food Charlatan

Slow-Cooker Teriyaki Meatballs — The Recipe Runner

 

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    • Sarah says

      I’ve noticed that ground turkey almost ALWAYS gives you a super-moist meatball, plus it cuts back on calories which is always a plus! 🙂

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