Mediterranean Meatballs with Tzatziki

✔️easy ✔️herbs ✔️versatile

Ingredients:

— Meatballs:

1 lb. ground turkey, chicken, lamb, or beef

1/4 cup red onion, chopped

1/4 cup feta

2-4 garlic cloves, minced (depending on preference)

1 egg

2 tsp. dried oregano (or 2 tbsp fresh oregano)

1 tsp. dried dill (or 1 tablespoon fresh dill)

1/2 tsp cumin

s + p, couple dashes of both

— Tzatziki:

1 cup greek yogurt

2 persian cucumber or 1/2 english cucumber

2 tbsp fresh dill (or 2 tsp of dried dill)

2 garlic, minced

1/2 lemon, juiced

1-2 tbsp olive oil

s + p, to taste

Instructions:

Combine meatball ingredients in a bowl and mix. Make meatballs with hands or use an ice cream scooper and put on a baking sheet (oil the baking sheet or use parchment paper). Bake in the oven at 400, cook on the stovetop over medium heat for 15-20 minutes, or until the meat hits 160-165 (depending on the meat you’re using). While those are cooking, make tzatziki by combining ingredients! You can eat these delicious meatballs with rice, pita bread, or a fun grain like farro. I also added asparagus with herbs, lemon, and olive oil to the oven for a similar time frame to the meatballs and sprinkled everything with extra feta at the end.

Sub Options:

— 1/4 cup capers instead of feta for DF

— 1/2 avocado (or 1/4 cup) instead of 1 egg

*Tip: anytime you sub fresh herbs for dried, it should be 3x the amount for the same strength of flavor!