Sheet-Pan Sausage Meatballs With Tomatoes and Broccoli Recipe (2024)

We loved this! No pasta. No additional sauce.I added an onion quartered and a head of garlic to the roast. You could also add diced potatoes as well as bell peppers. This recipe is easily adapted to whatever you have.

This was so great. After I made it I thought about it all week. It would just hit me in the middle of the day-like wow. Remember when you made that Saturday, that was really good. Or when I made other dinners I thought-this really isn’t as good as that dinner.

To Lea - no, making small meatballs of the sausage is not just pretentious make-work. The sausage balls cooks in less time, so can be thoroughly cooked without becoming dried out as full-size sausages can do. Similarly, the greater surface area of sausage in balls vs links enables each bite to be bathed in the tomato juices. And It really didn’t take very much time to make 1” balls - so well worth it!

Delicious. I used cherry tomatoes and I think it would come out different (less liquid) with grape tomatoes. I think the recipe should have indicated a preference for one or the other in terms of how they think it should turn out? Mine was great but I wondered. As I didn't plan on making garlic toast, I roasted a head of garlic and squeezed it over the mix before serving. Also added an onion cut into big pieces because I love roasted onion with most roasted veggies.

Adding this with a side of polenta.....delish!

I panicked at the last minute and threw in a can of drained cannellini beans - and it was a very good idea! It kind of brought everything together to feel like a more complete meal. (I also added onion quarters and some whole peeled garlic cloves from the start, which worked really well.)

I really enjoyed this meal, and so did everyone in my house. I think I would add some tomato sauce next time, maybe just replace the tomatoes completely with it, although they were yummy roasted as well, but I thought it could have done with something to add some moisture. You could probably sub whatever veg you have and just add time if needed. Will make again.

We didn’t have a loaf of bread so we served this on a bed of polenta with the bread ingredients (oregano, garlic, red pepper) mixed into it.

"Return the meatball sheet pan to the lowest rack and place the bread sheet pan on the higher rack"So it's the opposite of that to start...

Made this using frozen Beyond Sausage and it turned out good

I probably make some variation of this once a week for a quick dinner. I’ve used bell pepper, onions, broccoli and hot sausage. I also like to add a few whole garlic cloves to infuse the oil while roasting.

This is the best sheet pan dinner ever! All the veggies were perfectly roasted, pinched-sausage meatballs are genius (mine did not require rolling), and WHY NOT throw in a sheet of garlic bread?! This came together so fast and all kids 6-3-1 ate it. A keeper!

Made this: using a coarse microplane, and the parm made lovely lacy frico on parchment paper, canola oil spray first. New favorite garnish! Used little toaster oven tray to make frico again. Better than I ever achieved in a skillet.

That’s right Lea! It’s all about boosting my ego.

Zowie wowie this was good. Everyone, makes this immediately. I ignored the fussy part about flipping the grape tomatoes, and you should too. Otherwise followed as written. Astoundingly delicious and minimal effort—a perfect meal. We are making it again this week.

We’ve made this many, many times. It is delicious as is. We could eat it every week.

Yeah this is great. I did add Italian sausage (like some commenters suggested), browning it first and draining most of the fat, but followed the recipe other than that with the first step going into the sausage/frond. Will make again.

Have made this twice now, without modifying the recipe. The second time I put parchment paper under the veg/sausages, and that was a mistake, I think the veg mix browned better and was crisper in direct contact with the hot metal of the pan. But a delicious success either way

Brilliant, delicious. Used a heavy seed sourdough instead of soft bread and it was fabulous. Also, just used a large fresh garden tomato cut into chunks.

i threw in whole garlic because im stubborn and not smart. amazing. simple. perfect. thank you!

So simple to make. Each ingredient retain their flavor. I was surprised it wasn’t greasier but the sausage was good.

I subbed a whole can of drained chickpeas for the mushrooms. The chickpeas came out lightly browned and delicious. My boyfriend and I ate almost the entire pan. I would have to double it if we had company!

Kids (and big kids) beg me for this. I use less tomatoes, espeically if they're grape, because they can run and make the dish 'soupy', which we don't want. I'm usually doubling this recipe (except for the tomatoes which I leave at around a pint, and about 1.5 times the mushrooms and broccoli). Didn't have an Italian loaf once so I used Brioche buns (and that's how we always do it now). I'll sometimes make half the pan spicy and other half not for the kids. Great dinner!

Very good weeknight meal. Made it with turkey meatballs and dry-jack cheese.

I’ve made this a few times and we really enjoy it! I don’t use 1/4 cup oil, i probably half that. Very delicious and super easy!

Does anyone else worry about the acidic tomatoes and the aluminum sheet pan? I am hoping for the yummy pan juices, but concerned they might be leeching aluminum from the pan. Presumably parchment would absorb the juices?

This was so easy and so tasty. I used my Italian sausage and parmagiano reggiano cheese

I love this and add gnocchi to this pan or another to make this a really filling dish!

Can you make this without the cheese?

I used this basically as a jumping off point. I took a couple shortcuts: grocery store garlic bread and frozen meatballs because I had them. I used a bag of broccoli slaw rather than broccoli since I can't stand broccoli florets. I used a small palmful of Italian seasoning blend and six Italian cheese blend as well as good Parmesan and some minced garlic. It was a surprisingly satisfying meal.