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    Greek Meatball Bowls

    Posted: Jul 25, 2020 Last Modified: Feb 19, 2021 by Carmy

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    These healthy and delicious Greek Meatballs served with a side of quinoa and tzatziki sauce are perfect dinner or meal prepping! The Greek meatballs are freezer friendly and full of flavour!

    These healthy and delicious Greek Meatball served with a side of quinoa and tzatziki sauce are perfect dinner or meal prepping! The Greek meatballs are freezer friendly and full of flavour!

    Why You’ll Love These Greek Meatball Bowls

    These Greek meatball bowls are so easy to make! They’re such an easy dinner option or meal prep. Being freezer friendly, you can easily double the recipe so you can freeze half of the batch and have a meal ready to go later on in the month!

    Baking these meatballs means other than shaping the meatballs, the recipe is really hands off for the cooking part. Once in the oven, you have 20-25 minutes to either prep the quinoa or get started on your dishes. Usually by the time the baked Greek meatballs are done, I’ve got most of the bowls ready to go – only missing the meatballs, and everything but the sheet pan washed. Weeknight dinners have never been easier!

    What You’ll Need To Make This Bowl

    For the Greek meatballs:

    • lean ground beef: I prefer lean meat for this
    • red onion
    • garlic
    • panko: or breadcrumbs if you prefer. I’m a panko fan.
    • dried oregano
    • ground cumin
    • mint leaves
    • lemon zest
    • egg: the egg helps binds the meatballs together. If your meatballs aren’t sticking together, add another half as needed.
    • salt

    raw meatball ingredients in a bowl, ready to be mixed

    For the rest:

    • quinoa
    • lemon
    • tzatziki sauce
    • grape tomatoes
    • cucumbers

    How To Make This Easy Greek Meatball Bowls

    • Heat the oven to 400F.
    • In a bowl, combine all the ingredients for the meatballs and mix well.
    • When done, using a cookie scoop, portion out your meatballs onto a greased sheet pan.
    • Bake the meatballs for 20-25 minutes, until cooked through.
    • When done, serve the meatballs with a side of quinoa, tzatziki sauce, cut tomatoes, sliced cucumbers, and lemon squeezed on top.

    baked greek meatballs in a sheet pan

    Recipe Variations

    • swap ground beef for ground turkey, pork, or chicken if ground beef is not available.
    • instead of quinoa, you can cook rice with dried oregano and lemon juice for a flavourful side
    • if you don’t have tzatziki, you can use plain yogurt

    Tips and Notes

    • I use a food processor to get the onion and garlic cloves cut finely as it’s faster than using a grater.
    • To meal prep this ahead of time, you can freeze the raw meatballs on a sheet pan with parchment paper underneath. Then, once they’ve harden, you can transfer them to a freezer bag to freeze for up to 3 months. Bake from frozen with the same method.
    • Alternatively, you can freeze the meatballs once they’ve been cooked then heat them up in the oven until they’ve been heated through.
    • Cooked Greek meatballs and quinoa can be meal prepped and kept in the fridge for up to 4 days in an airtight container. Keep the tzatziki sauce separate as you wouldn’t want to microwave it.

    These healthy and delicious Greek Meatball served with a side of quinoa and tzatziki sauce are perfect dinner or meal prepping! The Greek meatballs are freezer friendly and full of flavour!

    These healthy and delicious Greek Meatball served with a side of quinoa and tzatziki sauce are perfect dinner or meal prepping! The Greek meatballs are freezer friendly and full of flavour!

    Greek Meatball Bowls

    These healthy and delicious Greek Meatball served with a side of quinoa and tzatziki sauce are perfect dinner or meal prepping! The Greek meatballs are freezer friendly and full of flavour!
    Print Rate
    Prep Time: 20 mins
    Cook Time: 20 mins
    Total Time: 40 mins
    Servings: 4 servings

    Ingredients

    For the Greek meatballs:

    • ~1 lb lean ground beef
    • 1 small red onion, grated or minced very finely
    • 6 cloves garlic, grated or minced
    • 1/2 cup panko
    • 1 tsp dried oregano
    • 1/4 tsp ground cumin
    • 6-7 mint leaves, cut finely
    • 1 egg
    • 2 tbsp lemon zest
    • 2 tsp salt

    For the serving:

    • 4 cups cooked quinoa
    • lemon
    • 1 cup tzatziki sauce
    • 2 cups grape tomatoes, halved
    • 1/2 cucumbers, sliced

    Equipment

    • sheet pan

    Instructions

    • Heat the oven to 400F.
    • In a bowl, combine all the ingredients for the meatballs and mix well.
    • When done, using a cookie scoop, portion out your meatballs onto a greased sheet pan.
    • Bake the meatballs for 20-25 minutes, until cooked through.
    • When done, serve the meatballs with a side of quinoa, tzatziki sauce, cut tomatoes, sliced cucumbers, and lemon squeezed on top.
    Tried this recipe?Did you make this recipe? I'm always so happy to hear about it! I'd love to see how it turned out. Tag me at @CarmysHungry on Instagram so I can see it! If you enjoyed the recipe, I'd really appreciate a comment with a 5 star rating! ♥

    Nutrition

    Serving: 4servings | Calories: 551kcal | Carbohydrates: 58g | Protein: 38g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 121mg | Sodium: 1623mg | Potassium: 1026mg | Fiber: 8g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 967IU | Vitamin C: 19mg | Calcium: 183mg | Iron: 7mg
    Authour: Carmy
    Course: Main Course
    Cuisine: Greek, Meal Prep

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