Greek meatballs

Ingredients

• 1lb ground beef
• 1/2 red onion finely chopped
• 2-3 garlic cloves
• 1 cup breadcrumbs
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup chopped flat leaf parsley
• 6 large mint leaves, chopped
• 1/2 tsp dried oregano
• 1 tbsp Greek EVOO
• 3/4 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp black pepper

Instructions

(Supposedly you should also have a further 6.5oz ground pork and use a whole red onion, but what a hassle…tastes fine as just a pack of beef)

Mix all the ingredients together and then form into meatballs. Bake 20 minutes (or longer if you have big balls…) @ 350F.

(You can also pan fry them if you want, but again, more hassle, messy, less healthy. If you do pan fry them, dredge in flour first for a crispier exterior.)

Really good with short grain brown rice, lentils and arugula and a generous drizzle of tzatziki.

Trickier to form balls if you sub ground turkey for beef.