Swedish Meatballs

Meatballs:
1 egg
1 onion, chopped, or 1 T instant minced onions
1 cup mashed potatoes
1/4 cup whole wheat bread crumbs
1 lb lean ground beef
1/2 tsp salt

Gravy:
1 (10 3/4 oz) can cream of mushroom soup, low fat
1 (4 oz) can mushrooms, drained
1/2 cup plain nonfat yogurt or buttermilk


3 cups cooked brown rice (1 cup raw) or 6 baked potatoes
Fresh parsley

Line a baking sheet with foil.  For meatballs, mix ingredients and shape into (walnut) sized balls, place meatballs on baking sheet.  Bake for 15 minutes in a 400 degrees oven.  Meanwhile, warm up soup on stove and blend in yogurt or buttermilk until smooth.  Combine the meatballs and gravy and serve over rice or potatoes.

*This recipe is bland.  It has potential if more seasonings are added to it.  The gravy was pretty good, but of course, I didn't add the extra mushrooms.  Overall it needs some modification to add more flavor.

Recipe found in: Merrill, Jane P. and Karen M. Sunderland.  Set for Life.  Salt Lake City, UT: Sunrise Publishers, 1995.