Meatballs are one of my favorite dinner recipes for toddlers, family meal options, and baby-led weaning foods—because they are easy, yummy, and so versatile! Included in this post are my best easy meatballs so you can choose nutritionally dense, yummy options for your family. You’ll find beef meatballs, chicken meatballs, turkey meatballs, meatballs with vegetables tucked inside, and more. There are also storage tips, meal prep options, and serving suggestions so you have all of the information you need for meatball success! (You may also like chicken recipes for kids, salmon nuggets, toddler pasta recipes, and dinner ideas with hamburger meat.)
4-Ingredient Baked Chicken Meatballs
These easy meatballs use super simple ingredients, are easy to mix together, and are a wonderfully easy-to-eat texture for little kids. Sign up for our email updates to get tips and ideas sent to your inbox.
Healthy Chicken Meatballs with Sweet Potato
Combine four simple ingredients to make healthy Chicken Meatballs with a veggie tucked right inside! These pair well with marinara, pesto, or cheese sauce. Plus, they’re are super moist and are perfect to make ahead.
Healthy Meatballs (with Hidden Vegetables)
With three kinds of veggies and the texture and flavor your kids expect, this easy meatballs recipe is a perfect family dinner option.
Best Healthy Mini Meatballs
With classic Italian flavor, greens in the mix, and an easy cooking method, these Mini Meatballs are a super delicious family meal component to share with babies on up to adults.
Quick Meatball Soup
With a flavorful tomato base, tender meatballs, and al dente pasta, this easy meatball recipe is both easy and cozy.
Moroccan Lamb Meatballs
The healthy meatballs are flavorful without being overpowering, are super tender, and can be made ahead. And they have veggies tucked right inside for extra nutrition!
Favorite Pesto Meatballs
The pesto flavor is so yummy this easy meatball recipe. These meatballs are great dipped in marinara or pizza sauce as a snack or meal component and can be used like any other meatballs—so with pasta or in sandwiches.
Easy Sausage Meatballs
I love the flavor of Italian sausage, and I’ve found that adding some to a batch of meatballs creates the best flavor and texture—without the need to add much else to the mix.
Teriyaki Chicken Meatballs
I love this easy flavorful meatball recipe to pair with rice or noodles and broccoli or green beans.
Turkey Meatballs with Zucchini
For many years, I didn’t think I liked turkey meatballs but oh how that opinion has changed! This recipe convinced me otherwise—they are tender, easy to make, and have such a mellow flavor.
Turkey Sweet Potato Baby Meatballs
They are great served straight out of the oven, simmered in Marinara Sauce, or paired with a Cheese Sauce. You can even add them to Alphabet Soup or Minestrone to make an easy meatball soup.
How to Store
Let cooked meatballs cool fully and store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 5 days. Or freeze in a freezer bag for up to 6 months. Thaw overnight in the fridge, simmer in tomato sauce to warm, or warm in 15 to 30-second increments in the microwave. You can also heat cooked meatballs in an air fryer at 350 degrees F for about 4 minutes.
Best Tips for Success
Bake meatballs in the oven or cook in an air fryer. Serve as they are or simmer in easy marinara sauce for extra flavor. Pair with pasta, rice, quinoa, toast, rolls, or another easy food to make a complete meal. Diced meatballs are a great baby meal or toddler dinner paired with diced fruit.
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