Baked Meatballs

Step 1: Start off by preheating your oven to 400°F.

Step 2: Combine the pork, beef, spinach, Parmesan, egg, basil, parsley, garlic powder, salt, red pepper, and 1/4 cup of the bread crumbs in a large mixing bowl with your hands until everything is well incorporated together. (At this point, you can cover and stash the mixture in the refrigerator for up to 24 hours.)

Step 3: Pour the remaining 1/4 cup of bread crumbs into a small bowl.

Step 4: Portion out the meatballs: I'm going to give you two methods. First method is to use a scale. Cover the scale with plastic wrap and weigh out 1.5 ounce portions and set aside on a pan or plate. You should end up with roughly 20 meatballs. Or if you don't have a scale, use the second method. Divide the meat mixture into four parts, and each of those into 5 portions so you have 20 meatballs around the same size.

Step 5: Shape each portion into a ball, and roll the ball in the bread crumbs to give the meatball a light coating. Place into a cup of the mini muffin tin. Don't squeeze the meatball into the cup, just set it in so the grease will drip down into the cup, keeping most of the meatball out of the drippings as it cooks.

Step 6: Bake for 20 minutes or until the meatballs are cooked through.