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Crock Pot Cheese Stuffed Turkey Meatballs in homemade marinara sauce is a family favorite in my house and perfect for a busy school night dinner!

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You may or may not be in love with your crock pot.

If you have been scarred from one too many dry dinner recipes that made you feel like you could never trust it anymore, I can relate. I’ve been there too.

But given the right balance of time and liquids and you’ve got a winning recipe for the family.

This is mine.

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Everyone loves meatballs so stuffing them with cheese was just something that had to happen in my opinion.

We are a family of cheese lovers. I’ve made this recipe with both mozzarella and fontina, both equally delicious. The fontina is a bit more ooey gooey as you will see from the pics.

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This recipe makes 2 dozen so you should have enough left overs as well.

Warning: If you have a boy teenager in the house, like my son, you may not have much left over at all. My own son, who after having been sick for a week barely eating, enjoyed about 8 of these the first night his appetite was back. True story.

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Moral of today:

If you’re ready to love your crock pot again and make peace with it if it has failed you terribly in the past, this recipe is the one that will help you make amends. 🙂

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Crock Pot Cheese Stuffed Turkey Meatballs

Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 6 hours
Total Time 6 hours 20 minutes
Servings 8
Calories 343 kcal
Author Brenda Bennett | Sugar-Free Mom

Ingredients

  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup rolled oats
  • 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
  • 2 tablespoons Italian seasonings
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 2 1/2 pounds ground turkey
  • 8 ounces Fontina cheese cut into 24 pieces

Marinara Sauce

  • 1 28 ounce can crushed tomatoes
  • 2 teaspoons minced garlic
  • 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
  • 2 teaspoons dried basil
  • 1 teaspoon dried parsley
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper

Instructions

  1. In a large bowl whisk the eggs, oats, cheese and seasonings together.
  2. Add the ground turkey and mix just until combined.
  3. Roll mixture into 24 meatballs.
  4. Insert 1 cube of cheese into the center of each meatball. Set aside.
  5. In a separate bowl stir together the marinara sauce ingredients.
  6. Pour enough sauce to cover the bottom of the crock pot.
  7. Place meatballs in the crock pot and cover with remaining sauce.
  8. Cover and cook on high 3 hours or low 6 hours.

Recipe Notes

Weight Watchers Points Plus per serving: 8*

Nutrition Facts
Crock Pot Cheese Stuffed Turkey Meatballs
Amount Per Serving (3 meatballs)
Calories 343 Calories from Fat 165
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 18.3g 28%
Saturated Fat 7.6g 38%
Cholesterol 169mg 56%
Sodium 500mg 21%
Total Carbohydrates 4.5g 2%
Dietary Fiber 0.6g 2%
Sugars 0.6g
Protein 35.2g 70%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Blessings, Brenda

 

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  1. We are also a family of cheese-lovers…I don’t know which I want to try more, the fontina or the mozzarella. I think I’d have to go half and half! And since I do have a teenage boy in the house (and a swimmer, at that), I think these would be the perfect dinner.

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  4. You just can’t go wrong with a stuffed meatball. I love that you used two kinds of cheeses and ground turkey. I’m going to pin your recipe and hopefully try it very soon. It look like something my family will really enjoy!

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  6. I used to have a love/hate relationship with mine. Then I realized that my crock just cooks a lot “hotter” than others. Once I realized how to adjust the cooking time, I fell back in love. These meatballs look amazing and fontina is by far my favorite cheese!

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  7. I don’t know why I never bake meatballs in my slow-cooker…wow! This is the recipe I will make next! My kids will be delighted:)

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  9. This actually looks like a fun recipe to put together. Love that it can go in the slow cooker too. I LOVE my crock pot.

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  21. These were amazing! Found Fontina at Kroger and Food Lion. The kids and the hubby said,
    “Make these again” — with my newly found, sugar free marinara recipe. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

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  24. Wow!! I made this because I had the ground turkey and didn’t have a recipe. I had to change the oats to quinoa because I’m Celiac and they were totally delicious!! I also didn’t have time to put them in the crock pot and just browned them in the frying pan and poured the sauce over top and let it simmer for a few minutes. I don’t think I’ll ever eat ground beef again!! Thanks again!!

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  25. So, it says you cook on low for 6hours, but the total cook time at the top says 8hrs w 20 min prep? And since I’m new to this …so you just mix the packaged turkey with the ingredients and roll into balls then it cooks thoroughly through out the meatballs?

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    • I just switched my recipe plug in and I’m finding a few errors when it was converting recipes to the new plug in. This is one of them as well as making all my serving sizes crazy unrealistic like 1 gram! Anyway, I updated the time issue here, thanks for letting me know. Yes make the meatballs, roll them up, add to crock pot.

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