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Cheats Beef and Quinoa Meatballs in tomato sauce
Prep Time
5
minutes
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Cook Time
22
minutes
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Total Time
27
minutes
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Servings:
6
Author:
Carey Wood
Ingredients
1
lb
/ 500g ground beef
or chicken
½
cup
uncooked quinoa
2
eggs
½
teaspoon
salt
¼
teaspoon
black pepper
1
tablespoon
olive oil / coconut oil
1
large bottle of pasta sauce
Instructions
Preheat oven to 400'F / 180'C.
Heat up a pan on the stove. Add a little olive or coconut oil.
Mix all ingredients (EXCEPT pasta sauce in a bowl),
Make up little balls (about the size of a walnut or 1 inch wide). Makes about 18-20 meatballs.
Cook in two batches for around 3 minutes, turning them over until lightly browned all over. They don't need to be cooked through.
Place them in an oven proof dish and pour pasta sauce over the top.
Put into the oven and bake for 15 minutes.
Serve on top of wholemeal pasta or wholemeal cous cous.