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Emily Bartlett 6 Comments
Nutrient dense food can be a challenge to fit into our modern go-go lifestyle. The good news is that easy recipes like these Greek meatballs help to ease the kitchen load and boost energy in an utterly delicious way.
After my postEasy Meatballs-Nutrient Dense Food on the Go, Iheard from many of you asking for variations on the classic.Meatballs recipes are so versatile – not to mention perfect for cleverly disguising nutrient-dense ground liver.
I love to serve these Greek meatballs with mint infused yogurt dipping sauce or added to a soup or on their own. If you're running out the door and have once again forgotten to eat, do yourself and those around you a favor and pop a few of these in a to-go dish. Then, step out into the world powered by more than sheer will.
Greek meatball ingredients
- 2 tablespoons minced garlic
- ¼ cup finely diced white onion
- ½ cup crumbled feta cheese
- ¼ cup loosely packed finely diced mint
- 1 tablespoon finely diced parsley
- ½ pound pasture raised lamb
- ½ pound grass-fed beef
- Ground liver – substitute for 1/4 pound of ground beef (or however much you're brave enough to add!)
- 2 pasture-raised egg
- 1/2 teaspoon unrefined sea salt
- 1/2 teaspoon organic black pepper
Greek meatball method
- Store crumbled feta in refrigerator until ready to mix with other ingredients.
- Dice or set your food processor to grate and process the garlic and onion.
- Mince mint and parsley.
- Add minced garlic, onion, mint, parsley, ground beef & lamb to one bowl.
- Add salt, black pepper and egg to a separate bowl & beat eggs and spices until smooth.
- Add egg to meat mixture and thoroughly combine with hands. Don't be shy!
- Sprinkle cooled feta cheese and fold into mixture with hands gently.
- Now that you've combined these ingredients, roll this minty mixture into meatballs.
- Pop meatballs into muffin tins or on baking sheet and bake in oven preheated to375° for approximately 20 minutes or until the center of a meatball is done.
- Freeze or refrigerate for on-the-go nutrient dense snacks or a great addition to a soup.
Please let me know if you would like to see more recipes for different meatball flavors. I've got quite a few up my sleeve.
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melissa says
Yes please give more meatball flavors! Excited to try the greek meatballs!
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monica ford says
yaaay! You got it. They’ll be comin round the mountain soon. xo
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Serena says
Great recipe and awesome picture – I will have to try this soon. In the meantime check out my videorecipe on traditional meatballs http://serenapalumbo.com/blog/?p=2232
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Monica Ford says
Awesome @Serena
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