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South Beach Diet Cookbook Ingredients:
1 pound lean ground beef |
1/2 lb turkey breast |
3/4 small onion, minced |
1/2 cup reduced fat feta cheese, crumbled |
2 cloves garlic, minced |
1 large egg |
3 t egg whites |
1 t extra virgin olive oil |
1 t dried greek oregano |
5 tsp red wine vinegar |
1/4 tsp black pepper |
1 tsp greek seasoning |
Directions:
1. Looks are a bit deceiving in this photo, but each of my meatballs is about 1 1/2 tablespoons of meat. If you'd like them a bit smaller, the recipe says to make each meatball about a tablespoon.
2. Mini Greek Meatballs
3. (Makes about 24 small meatballs, recipe adapted slightly from The South Beach Diet Quick and Easy Cookbook.)
4. 1 pound lean ground beef (I use ground beef with less than 10% fat)
5. 1/2 small onion, minced
6. 1/2 cup very finely crumbled feta cheese (measure after crumbling finely with a fork)
7. 2 cloves garlic, minced (I used 2 tsp. minced garlic from a jar)
8. 1 large egg
9. 1 T extra virgin olive oil, plus more for baking dish
10. 1 T dried Greek oregano
11. 4 tsp. red wine vinegar
12. 1/4 tsp. salt (optional, I used a tiny bit of Vege-Sal)
13. 1/4 tsp. fresh ground black pepper
14. 1 tsp. Greek seasoning (optional, I used Penzeys)
15. Preheat oven to 400. Use a food processor to chop the onion very finely, then drain if it seems like there is a lot of liquid. (In the photo I used red onion, but any onion will work.)
16. Combine all ingredients in a bowl, then use your hands to mix ingredients.
17. Lightly oil a 9 X 13 baking dish. Shape meat into 1 tablespoon size meatballs and place on baking sheet. Bake 20 minutes, after which time you will see some liquid oozing out. Turn meatballs and bake 10 more minutes. Turn again, and bakd 5-10 more minutes, until meatballs are well-browned and cooked through.
18. Meatballs are delicious served with Tzatziki Sauce.
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