On the Menu Today~
Italian Meatball Sliders #GoldenGirlGranola
Golden Girl Granola is a delicious and sweet tasting granola.
Here at Turnips 2 Tangerines we are huge fans of Golden Girl Granola.
In fact, we have tried every variety they make!
We are also
huge football fans here at Turnips 2 Tangerines and
with the football season right around the corner,
it's
never to early to start planning your menu.
Appetizers are always number #1 on the menu,
with grilled brats and beer coming in at #2 and
a sweet treat close behind at #3.
In my house, football season and appetizers,
go together like salt and pepper.
From pre-season games, all the way to the Super Bowl,
every football game deserves an appetizer...
Not sure what to make?
Turnips 2 Tangerines has an extensive list of recipes to choose from.
Check out our Recipe Box🙂
This football season we wanted to change things up a bit.
We decided to make appetizers with different ingredients or
ingredients that we've never used before.
When Golden Girl Granola was looking for food bloggers,
to come up with an appetizer recipe using Golden Girl Granola,
we jumped at the idea or should I say, we "tackled" the idea.
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Italian Meatball Sliders using
Golden Girl Granola |
The first thing that came to mind was meatballs.
Meatballs are
always a hit at football parties and
sliders, meatball or otherwise, are fantastic~
Over the years,
I've made every variation possible of grape jelly meatballs and
I have eaten my fair share of grape jelly meatballs too.
Don't get me wrong, I love grape jelly meatballs but
let's face it, been there...did that....
My love affair with meatballs started many years ago...
when my sister Joan gave me a recipe for Italian meatballs.
She found the recipe on the back of a jar of Prego spaghetti sauce.
I've been making that recipe ever since,
changing only the type of ground meat originally called for.
I have made meatballs using ground beef, ground bison,
ground chicken, ground turkey and ground sausage.
Another reason why I love making meatballs,
you can use ground meats you might not normally use,
as with these tasty and different meatballs.
No matter what ground meats I use,
I always use the same formula...
one part ground pork to one part other ground meat.
This recipe calls for one pound ground pork and one pound ground duck.
Plus the star of the show,
Golden Girl Creative Cranberry Granola.
Golden Girl Creative Cranberry Granola is packed full of deliciousness.
Dried cranberries, coconut, sliced almonds, rolled oats,
pure maple syrup, brown sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, sea salt and canola oil.
Creative Cranberry works really well with ground duck and
a mild tomato basil pasta sauce brings all the flavors together.
You can use any cheese you prefer....
Gouda, mozzarella, provolone, white cheddar and cheddar cheese are all good choices.
Either sliced or shredded cheese can be used but
we had shredded cheddar cheese on hand, so that's what we went with.
To make these yummy meatballs into 'sliders',
we used those famous Hawaiian Sweet Rolls that everyone is familiar with.
However, we could only find Hawaiian Sweet
Jalapeno rolls in our area,
which actually worked out great.
The jalapeno in the rolls added an extra layer of zip to the sliders.
Last but not least is the
garlic butter.
The garlic butter adds yet another layer of flavor,
to these already delicious sliders.
Melted butter, minced garlic, dried basil and
Parmesan cheese is mixed together,
then brushed on the tops of the sweet rolls.
Flavor upon flavor, Italian Meatballs Sliders are delicious~
Set out a pan of these tasty Italian Meatball Sliders,
at your next football party and
you will definitely score a touchdown!
Go Pack Go!
Get the recipe here!Labels: #GoldenGirlGranola, Creative Cranberry Granola, Ground Duck, Ground Pork, Italian Meatball Sliders, Maple Leaf Farms
