Healthy Meatballs

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Healthy Meatballs

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Course Dinner, Main Course

Ingredients
  

  • a little avo / coconut oil
  • 1 onion, finely chopped
  • 1 large aubergine, cut into slices lengthways then finely diced
  • 250g Cooked Cauliflower rice
  • 1/2 pack dill, chopped, plus extra to serve (optional)
  • 2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 2 tsp allspice
  • 280g Lean Beef Mince  
  • 2 large eggs
  • 200g Finley chopped tomatoes

For the salad:

  • 1 pack three peppers, deseeded and roughly chopped
  • 2 large courgettis (about 500g), halved and sliced
  • 2 large red onions, sliced
  • 1 tbsp Olive Oil
  • 1 tbsp Apple cider vinegar
  • 1 clove garlic finely grated
  • handful chopped mint

Instructions
 

  • Heat oven to 180C / 160C fan / gas 4
  • Line a 900g loaf tin with baking parchment and lightly oil it
  • Put the onion and aubergine in a large bowl with the cauliflower rice, dill, spices and mince.
  • Mix and squash together with your hands then add the egg and mix again and add tomatoes.
  • Make Meatball roughly about 5cm in diameter and line in baking tray.
  • Cover with tin foil and bake in the oven for 45 min to 1 hour or till done.
  • Take the foil off for the last 15 minutes.
  • Tip the peppers, courgettes and red onion into a roasting tin and toss with the oil.
  • Roast in the oven with the meatballs for 40 mins or until the vegetables are tender and a little charred.
  • Take the meatballs and roasted veg from the oven, leave the meatballs to settle for5 mins.
  • Tip out onto a platter or board, remove the baking parchment and scatter with dill.
  • Toss the roasted veg with the apple cider vinegar, garlic and mint and serve them with the meatballs.
Keyword Dinner, Main Course, Meal

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