What to do with leftover cheesy broccoli rice...

I love when we have Chinese take-out, it's like the dinner that never ends :)  There are so many uses and creations that can come for it.  Over the New Year's holiday we got Chinese take out.  We had several cartons of rice left over.  Earlier in the week I made a batch of cheesy, broccoli rice with it.  Apparently it miraculously grew because it felt like we had more leftover than I started with.  Well you know how I hate to throw away food, so our cheesy broccoli rice became meatballs.  The nice thing about this recipe is if you don't feel like taking the time to make meatballs, you can use the mixture to make meatloaf or even hamburgers.  While the meatballs were baking, I made a gravy to serve with them, but they would be great by themsevles or as a sandwich with cheese melted on top.  Enjoy!

Easy, Cheesy, Meatballs
2 cups Broccoli Cheese Rice
1 lb Ground Beef
1 Egg
1/2 TBSP Onion Powder
1/2 tsp salt

Browned Meatballs

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Mix together all ingredients in a large mixing bowl.  Form 1" to 1 and 1/2" meatballs.  Spray a large frying pan with non-stick spray.  Brown meatballs on all sides.  Transfer to a baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes.  Makes around 15 meatballs.



My Helper :)

*Your meat mixture should have the consistency of a meatloaf mixture.  If your rice is dry, add a little milk to the mixture to moisten it up.  Be cautious though, if it is too moist, your meatballs will fall apart!