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Home » Weight Watcher Recipes

Bubble Up Meatball Sub Casserole

Published: Jun 10, 2021 · Modified: Oct 10, 2022 by Jenna · This post may contain affiliate links · 17 Comments

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I shared this recipe for Meatball Sub Casserole before having my own meatball recipe on this site and that is why I decided to update it. I remade it with that same meatball recipe and it was so much better than using meatballs frozen from a bag. And guess what?! The points are even lower than what they previously were. Yay! There will be meatballs leftover depending on how much you think will be enough. Just save them for later use or freeze the meatballs. 

This recipe was a twist on the Bubble Up Enchilada recipes that were popular back in the days. I love them because they are easy to assemble and easy to change the ingredients up if you don’t like the ingredients used.  

What Ingredients do I need? 

  • Ground Beef  - I used 96/4 lean ground beef to help keep the points low. 
  • Egg  -  1 large 
  • Bread Crumbs - I used Panko 
  • Garlic Cloves - fresh or ground garlic powder 
  • Onions   - can also use chives 
  • Grated Parmesan Cheese  - Do not use the grated parmesan cheese in plastic green bottles. It has a long listed of ingredients on the back. Buy the real stuff and shred it yourself. 
  • Salt and Pepper - to taste 
  • Marinara Sauce - Can make your own or use store-bought. I like Rao’s when I don’t feel like making everything homemade. 🙂 
  • Canned Biscuits - found in the refrigerated section of the grocery store. 
  • Mozzarella Cheese - part-skim or reduced-fat if following WW, can use full-fat anytime 

How to make Meatball Sub Casserole 

See and print the  full recipe below.

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. 
  2. Spray a small saucepan with cooking spray, and cook the onions until they are soft and tender. Let them cool. 
  3. In a medium-sized bowl, mix together onion, bread crumbs, garlic, egg, cheese, salt, pepper, and parsley in a large mixing bowl. Add in ground beef and mix gently until combined. Do not overwork. Form into 1-inch balls using a cookie scoop or your hands, and place on prepared cookie sheet. 
  4. Bake for 15 - 20 minutes. Set aside. If the meatballs are cooked through they will continue cooking in the casserole dish. 
  5. Cut each biscuit into 4 equal pieces.
  6. Arrange the cut up biscuits  into greased 9x13 dish any 9 in pie dish. 
  7. Cover with sauce, start with 1 ½ cups, add more if you think it needs a little extra.
  8. Place the meatballs on top of the biscuits.
  9. Sprinkle with the cheese.
  10. Bake at 350 for about 30-40 minutes. Cut casserole into 8 equal pieces, serving size: 1 piece. 

Other Recipes to Try 

Baked Feta Pasta 

Stuffed Italian Sausage

Baked Oats with Peanut Butter 

Air Fryer Crispy Fish Sandwiches 

Lighter Fettuccine Alfredo Sauce 

If you’ve tried these Meatball Sub Casserole recipe or any other recipe on the site, let me know in the comment section how it turned out. Snap a picture and upload it to share on Pinterest

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Bubble Up Meatball Sub Casserole


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5 from 3 reviews

  • Author: Jenna
  • Yield: 8 1x
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Ingredients

  • For the Meatballs 
  • 1 lb 96/4 lean ground beef
  • 1 large egg
  • ¼ cup of  panko bread crumbs
  • ½ cup of diced onion, cooked until soft
  • 4 garlic cloves
  • 1 tablespoon of fresh parsley
  • 1 oz of grated parmesan cheese
  • ¼ tsp each of salt and pepper
  • For the Casserole 
  • 1 can (7.5 oz) Pillsbury buttermilk biscuits cut into small pieces
  • 1 ½ cup to 2 cups marinara sauce
  • 1 ½ cups shredded part-skim mozzarella

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. 

2. Spray a small saucepan with cooking spray, and cook the onions until they are soft and tender. Let them cool. 

3. In a medium-sized bowl, mix together onion, bread crumbs, garlic, egg, cheese, salt, pepper, and parsley in a large mixing bowl.

4. Add in ground beef and mix gently until combined. Do not overwork. Form into 1-inch balls using a cookie scoop or your hands, and place on prepared cookie sheet. 

5. Bake for 15 - 20 minutes. Set aside. If the meatballs are cooked through they will continue cooking in the casserole dish. 

6. Cut each biscuit into 4 equal pieces.

7. Arrange the cut up biscuits  into greased 9x13 dish any 9 in pie dish. 

8. Cover with sauce, start with 1 ½ cups, add more if you think it needs a little extra.

 

9. Place the meatballs on top of the biscuits.

10. Sprinkle with the cheese.

11. Bake at 350 for about 30-40 minutes.

12. Cut casserole into 8 equal pieces, serving size: 1 piece.


Notes

myWW points: Blue 7; Green 8;  Purple 7

Personal Points 9 

  • Category: Medium
  • Method: Oven
  • Cuisine: American

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: ⅛th

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Comments

  1. Krystina says

    September 28, 2022 at 10:01 am

    Whole family loved this, even my picky eater!

    ★★★★★

  2. Krystina says

    September 28, 2022 at 10:00 am

    While family loved this, even my picky eater!

    ★★★★★

  3. Jenna says

    June 09, 2022 at 7:51 am

    Updated with personal points.

  4. Tara says

    June 08, 2022 at 9:36 am

    looks awesome! do you have the nutrition info available for the new personal points WW program so I can calculate your recipes. 🙂

  5. Timothy Woods says

    December 27, 2021 at 8:28 pm

    Hello!

    Just wanted to let you know that my wife and I tried this recipe the other night. It so happens that my inlaws were there too. They like the recipe so much that they ask for the leftovers to go!

    Anyways, thanks a lot for sharing this. Excited to send the next recipe here to my wife.

    Have a great day!

    ★★★★★

  6. Jenna says

    December 02, 2018 at 3:50 pm

    The points are listed in the notes section of the recipe.

  7. LynnSmith says

    December 02, 2018 at 9:15 am

    I have just started ww and I'm wondering how many points are in this recipe. Thanks!

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