Family Dinner

Pizza + Leftover Meatballs Dinner

Name: Pizza + Leftover Meatballs Dinner
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 1/2 Yough! Mozzarella Cheese Pizza (or any thin frozen mozzarella pizza); 5 Lean Beef Meatballs (from the 30-piece cookbook base); 1/4 cup thick marinara, warmed; 1 Costco single-serve pizza; 2-3 Lean Beef Meatballs, warmed in marinara; Small side of marinara for dipping

Pizza night, upgraded. Half a Yough! pizza + 5 leftover meatballs in marinara = 665 cal / 55g protein per adult in 20 minutes.

Total time: 20 min (pizza bake + meatball reheat)
Yield: 2 servings
Protein: ~55g
Calories: ~665
Cost / serving: $3.10
Cook method: Oven

Allergens and safety

Contains: dairy, wheat, gluten

Packaged ingredients change formulas — check the label on what's actually in your kitchen.

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Ingredients

Batch cookServingsOriginal yield: 2. Adjusted ingredients will appear in print; check pan size and cooking time.

ADULT PLATE (per person)

1/2 Yough! Mozzarella Cheese Pizza (or any thin frozen mozzarella pizza)
5 Lean Beef Meatballs (from the 30-piece cookbook base)
1/4 cup thick marinara, warmed

KID PLATE (per kid, appetite-driven)

1 Costco single-serve pizza
2-3 Lean Beef Meatballs, warmed in marinara
Small side of marinara for dipping

Method

1
PREHEAT + COOK PIZZAS
Bake the Yough! (or your frozen mozzarella pizza) per the package directions. Costco single-serve pizzas can go in the same oven side-by-side if timing matches.
2
REHEAT MEATBALLS IN MARINARA
In a covered saucepan on the stovetop, warm 10 meatballs (5 per adult) with 1/2 cup marinara over medium heat 5-7 min until steaming through. Or microwave covered 60-90 sec per plate.
3
PLATE ADULTS
Halve the baked Yough! pizza. Each adult plate gets 1/2 pizza + 5 meatballs + 1/4 cup marinara.
4
PLATE KIDS
One Costco single-serve pizza per kid. Add 2-3 meatballs with a spoon of marinara — portion by appetite. Extra marinara on the side for dipping.

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Storage and nutrition

Storage: Meatballs + marinara: refrigerated up to 3-4 days. Pizza: bake fresh from frozen — don't rebake.

Reheat: Meatballs + marinara: covered saucepan 5-7 min or microwave 60-90 sec covered. Pizza: bake per package.

Lasts: Leftover baked pizza reheats OK but loses crispness. Meatballs hold 4 days fridge / 2 months freezer per the meatball base.

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Brands I use

Yough!

Mozzarella Cheese Pizza (thin crust, label reads 660 cal / 40g protein per full pizza)

Higher-protein thin frozen mozzarella pizza. 1/2 pizza per adult keeps the plate at ~330 cal / 20g protein before the meatballs. Any thin frozen mozzarella pizza works — recalculate from the current label.

Costco

Single-serve cheese pizzas (multi-pack)

The kid vessel. Familiar format, single-portion sizing, no cutting.

Lean Beef Meatballs (30-piece Base)

The cookbook base — 5 meatballs = 285 cal / 34g protein

The leftover-play that turns pizza night into a 55g-protein dinner. Assumes you baked the base earlier in the week.

Rao's or any thick marinara

1/2 cup total to reheat the meatballs

Thick jarred marinara — thin sauces run off the meatballs on the plate. Rao's is the tested option; store-brand thick marinara works.

Pairs With Your Leftovers