Post by Loupy on Jun 15, 2012 1:52:07 GMT -7
Skinny, Mini Mexican Meatball Tostada Appetizers
By: Nancy Fox
www.skinnykitchen.com/recipes/
In Mexico, you’ll usually find meatballs in soups but delight your guests with these itty, bitty meatballs atop a mini tostada. This is such a yummy and simple appetizer to make that it might just become your go-to recipe!
Makes: 48 mini meatball tostadas
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Bake Time: 12 minutes
Ingredients for Meatballs
1 egg, I like Eggland’s Best eggs
1 cup onions, finely chopped
¼ cup cornmeal
1 (1 oz) package Lawry’s taco seasoning
2 tablespoons salsa
1 pound extra lean ground beef or turkey, see shopping tip
Ingredients for Tostadas
48 Tostitos Baked Scoops, see shopping tip
3 cups romaine lettuce, shredded or chopped fine
½ cup Nancy’s Skinny Ranch Dressing or fat-free sour cream
½ cup salsa, I like Pace Medium Chunky Salsa or your favorite
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
Coat a baking pan with nonstick spray.
Set aside.
2. In a large bowl, mix together egg, onions, cornmeal, taco seasonings and salsa.
Add beef or turkey and blend well.
3. Using a measuring tablespoon, scoop 1 level tablespoon for each
meatball and roll into a ball.
Repeat to make 48 meatballs.
Place meatballs on a baking pan.
Bake, uncovered, for about 12 minutes, until cooked completely.
These can be prepped in advance and reheated before serving.
They also freeze well.
4. To assemble each mini tostada:
Place 1 tablespoon lettuce in each baked scoop.
Drizzle with ½ teaspoon ranch or sour cream.
Add 1 meatball.
Drizzle ½ teaspoon salsa on top of each.
Repeat to make 48 meatballs.
5. Serve at once.
Shopping Tips
I used extra lean ground beef found at Trader Joe’s. Most supermarkets sell this type of lean ground beef or use ground turkey.
Tositos Baked Scoops are sold in most supermarkets. If you can’t find them, serve each meatball on a reduced-fat tortilla chip lined with lettuce, ranch and salsa.
Freezing Tip
These meatballs freeze great! I like to make the entire recipe and keep them on hand in the freezer for last minute entertaining or for a yummy snack!
SKINNY FACTS:
Weight Watchers (old points) 1
Weight Watchers POINTS PLUS 1
for 1 mini meatball tostada (calculated using extra lean beef and Nancy’s Skinny Ranch)
Nutritional Information:
32 calories
1 g fat
3 g protein
3 g carbs
79 mg sodium
© Skinny Kitchen . All Rights Reserved.
By: Nancy Fox
www.skinnykitchen.com/recipes/
In Mexico, you’ll usually find meatballs in soups but delight your guests with these itty, bitty meatballs atop a mini tostada. This is such a yummy and simple appetizer to make that it might just become your go-to recipe!
Makes: 48 mini meatball tostadas
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Bake Time: 12 minutes
Ingredients for Meatballs
1 egg, I like Eggland’s Best eggs
1 cup onions, finely chopped
¼ cup cornmeal
1 (1 oz) package Lawry’s taco seasoning
2 tablespoons salsa
1 pound extra lean ground beef or turkey, see shopping tip
Ingredients for Tostadas
48 Tostitos Baked Scoops, see shopping tip
3 cups romaine lettuce, shredded or chopped fine
½ cup Nancy’s Skinny Ranch Dressing or fat-free sour cream
½ cup salsa, I like Pace Medium Chunky Salsa or your favorite
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
Coat a baking pan with nonstick spray.
Set aside.
2. In a large bowl, mix together egg, onions, cornmeal, taco seasonings and salsa.
Add beef or turkey and blend well.
3. Using a measuring tablespoon, scoop 1 level tablespoon for each
meatball and roll into a ball.
Repeat to make 48 meatballs.
Place meatballs on a baking pan.
Bake, uncovered, for about 12 minutes, until cooked completely.
These can be prepped in advance and reheated before serving.
They also freeze well.
4. To assemble each mini tostada:
Place 1 tablespoon lettuce in each baked scoop.
Drizzle with ½ teaspoon ranch or sour cream.
Add 1 meatball.
Drizzle ½ teaspoon salsa on top of each.
Repeat to make 48 meatballs.
5. Serve at once.
Shopping Tips
I used extra lean ground beef found at Trader Joe’s. Most supermarkets sell this type of lean ground beef or use ground turkey.
Tositos Baked Scoops are sold in most supermarkets. If you can’t find them, serve each meatball on a reduced-fat tortilla chip lined with lettuce, ranch and salsa.
Freezing Tip
These meatballs freeze great! I like to make the entire recipe and keep them on hand in the freezer for last minute entertaining or for a yummy snack!
SKINNY FACTS:
Weight Watchers (old points) 1
Weight Watchers POINTS PLUS 1
for 1 mini meatball tostada (calculated using extra lean beef and Nancy’s Skinny Ranch)
Nutritional Information:
32 calories
1 g fat
3 g protein
3 g carbs
79 mg sodium
© Skinny Kitchen . All Rights Reserved.
