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Greek Meatballs with Tzatziki Sauce



Meatballs and Tzatziki sauce, I'm sold!!

Ingredients for Meatballs:
Makes about 20 meatballs
1lb ground beef
1/4c panko breadcrumbs
1/4c chopped parsley
3T grated onion
1 grated clove of garlic
zest of a lemon
2T lemon juice
1 egg
1tsp dried oregano
1/2tsp ground coriander
1/2tsp ground cumin
1/4tsp ground cinnamon
salt and pepper
2oz crumbled feta cheese

Tzatziki Sauce:
1c shredded cucumber
1 1/2c greek yogurt
juice of half a lemon
1T chopped fresh dill
1/2tsp grated garlic
salt and pepper

How to make Meatballs:
Preheat the oven to 450 degrees, line a baking sheet
with foil and spray with cooking spray.
In a large bowl whisk together panko, parsley,
grated onion, garlic, lemon zest and juice, egg,
spices, salt and pepper and the feta cheese.

Add the ground beef to the mixture and combine
with your hands. Form approximately
1T sized meatballs.

Place meatballs on the baking sheet,
spray the tops with cooking spray then place the
baking sheet on the center rack and bake for 12-15 minutes.

Make tzatziki sauce while the meatballs are baking.
Combine all of the ingredients in a medium sized bowl and stir together until combined.

Remove meatballs from the oven and serve with the tzatziki sauce.

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