Southwest Meatballs with Creamy Cilantro Dipping Sauce - 10.4g Carbs, 4.1g Fiber, 2.1g Sugar
From: paleomg.com
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 35 min
Serves: 3 - 4
> For the meatballs
1 lb ground turkey (or chicken, beef, etc.)
¼ small red onion, minced
½ red bell pepper, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
½ jalapeno, minced
1 tsp cumin
½ tsp chili powder
¼ tsp smoked paprika
Salt, to taste
Pepper, to taste
> For the sauce
1 avocado
Handful of cilantro, roughly chopped
Juice of ½ lime
1 tsp lemon juice
¼ jalapeno, minced
½ tsp cayenne pepper
¼ tsp cumin
Pinch of salt and pepper
¼ cup 30 second mayo
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease an 8×8 glass baking dish with some oil (olive, coconut, etc.)
2. Place all ingredients for the meatballs into a bowl and use your hands to mix the mixture together.
3. Using a cookie scoop, scoop out each meatballs and form into balls. This should make about 18 small meatballs.
4. Place each meatball into the greased baking dish, side by side. It's ok if they are touching.
5. Put in oven to bake for 20-25 minutes.
6. While the meatballs cook, create the dipping sauce by placing everything for the sauce, except for the mayo, into a food processor. Puree until smooth. Once smooth, add the mayo and puree once more until well combined.
7. Dip meatballs into the sauce. Yay meatballs!
Nutrition From: www.caloriecount.about.com
Servings: 4
Serving Size: 202 g
Nutrition per Serving: 395 Calories, 247 Calories from Fat, 27.5g Total Fat, 4.9g Saturated Fat, 0g Trans Fat, 119mg Cholesterol, 312mg Sodium, 623mg Potassium, 10.4g Total Carbs, 4.1g Dietary Fiber, 2.1g Sugars, 32.6g Protein
Vitamin A 17% - Vitamin C 43% - Calcium 5% - Iron 18%
Nutrition Grade: B
Good points:
Low in sugar
High in selenium
High in vitamin C
Posted by: chefgloria1030@yahoo.com
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