Mozzarella Meatballs

In honor of meal swap tonight, I thought I'd post a freezer friendly favorite from the club.  It's hard to believe that we've been cooking and swapping for about two years now!  Wow!  It sure has been a blessing to me to be able to pull something homemade out of the freezer a few nights a week for dinner.  It makes those emergency grocery trips or fast food nights very few and far between, for which we are all thankful.   Now on to the recipe!

Mozzarella Meatballs
(makes 120 meatballs-- ~6 meals worth!)
(from "Fix, Freeze, Feast")

6lbs. lean ground beef
15 sticks of mozzarella string cheese
3 c. dry bread crumbs
2/3 c. milk
4 eggs, lightly beaten
1/4 c. minced onion
2 T. minced garlic
1 T. salt
2 tsp. black pepper

1. Remove string cheese from wrappers and cut each string into 8 equal pieces.  Place in a large bowl or 1 gallon freezer bag and freeze until it is time to form meatballs.
2. Preheat the oven to 500F.
3. Using your hands, thoroughly combine beef, breadcrumbs, milk, eggs, onion, garlic, salt, and pepper in a large bowl.  Shape into 1- to 1 1/2-inch meatballs, around each piece of frozen mozzarella.  Seal meatballs well to keep cheese from oozing out.
4. Place meatballs close together on lightly greased broiler pans or rimmed baking sheets.  Bake for 15 minutes.  Cool meatballs.
5. Freeze in gallon sized freezer bag or serve right away with your favorite marinara!  YUM!