Chicken Meatballs with Quinoa & Curried Cauliflower (high calories)

Alright my dear friends, we have some in the group who are needing to maintain or gain some weight, so this week is going to be high calorie meals. I will have (high calories) posted in the title of the recipe.

This recipe serves 1 so you will need to adjust depending on how many people will be eating it. There is 697 calories, 44g carbs & 72g of protein.

Ingredients:

1/2lb ground chicken

1 garlic love, chopped

1tsp turmeric

pinch of cumin

pinch of cinnamon

handful dill, chopped

2 sprigs green onion, chopped

For the quinoa & curried cauliflower:

1/4c quinoa

4 cauliflower florets

1/8c sweet potato chopped

1T evoo

1T medium curry powder

1tsp pistachios, chopped

1tsp sultanas

1/2 lime, juiced

How to make:

For the meatballs, mix together all the ingredients in a bowl with some seasoning. Form into six balls and chill in the fridge for 20 mins.

Heat oven to 390 degrees. Wash the quinoa and put it in a saucepan with 7T water. Bring to the boil, then turn down to a gentle simmer and cook for 10-15 mins or until doubled in size and tender. Drain and set aside to cool.

Put the cauliflower and sweet potato in a roasting tin and toss in the oil and curry powder. Put the meatballs in a separate tin. Cook both in the oven for 15 mins or until cooked through.

Mix the quinoa with the cauliflower, sweet potato, pistachios and sultanas, squeeze over the lime juice, then serve with the meatballs.

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