Beef Meatballs with Quinoa
Healthy oven-baked beef meatballs with quinoa, zucchini and dried apricots, served with a fresh green salad.
Ingredients
| 800 г | ground beef |
| 1/4 ч.ч. | white quinoa |
| 1 глава | onion |
| 1 бр. | zucchini |
| 3 бр. | eggs |
| 60 мл | fresh milk |
| 1 ч.л. | hot red pepper |
| 5-6 бр. | dried apricots |
| — | coriander |
| — | parsley |
| — | black pepper |
| на вкус | salt |
| 1 с.л. | cornstarch |
Instructions
- Rinse the quinoa carefully under cold water, add it to 2 tea cups of boiling water and simmer over low heat for about 15 minutes. Drain well.
- Mix the quinoa with the ground beef, the grated onion and zucchini, the chopped apricots, the eggs, the fresh milk, the cornstarch and the spices.
- Stir into a sticky mixture and chill in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
- With wet hands, form flat meatballs and arrange them on a tray lined with baking paper.
- Bake in an oven preheated to 200 degrees until done - about 25-30 minutes. Serve with a fresh green salad.