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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.

Nutrition

Estimated, per serving

  • Servings: 4
  • Serving size: ~5-6 meatballs (1/4 of recipe)
  • Calories: 410
  • Protein: 27 g
  • Carbs: 23 g
  • Fat: 23 g
  • Saturated fat: 8 g
  • Fiber: 2 g
  • Total sugar: 2 g
  • Sodium: 700 mg