Tangy Turkey Meatballs – with hidden vegetables

I LOVE turkey, we have it all year round as its a bit cheaper than chicken and a healthy alternative to beef in things like spaghetti bolognese and chilli.

Ingredients

• 400g turkey mince
• 3 shallots
• 5 pepperdew
• 75g Breadcrumbs
• 1 egg yolk

 Sauce

• 1 tin of tomatoes
• 1 carrot very finely chopped
• 1 courgette, very finely chopped
• 5 pepperdew peppers roughly chopped
• 1 large onion diced
• 1 clove of garlic finely chopped
• Olive Oil
• Oregano
• 1 Chilli deseeded and finely chopped (or use “cheats chilli”)

 Instructions

• Finely chop the shallots and the pepperdew and mx together with the remining ingredients in a bowl.
• With floured hands form approx 12 meatballs

• Chill in fridge
• Heat olive oil in pan until hot
• Add Onions and fry for a couple of minutes (don’t let them go brown)
• add the carrot and courgette

• Add Garlic and Pepperdew and oregano and fry for a couple more minutes to bring oil back up to temperature

• Add tomatoes and fry/boil hard for 5 minutes.
• Brown the meatballs in a frying pan at the same time
• Add meatballs into the sauce and simmer for 15 mins while you cook the pasta

 

My children love these. I tend to make a huge batch and freeze some for later. I like that there are some quite grown up flavours in the sauce as well

This post is part of the #FaveFamilyRecipes Competition with  BritMums and Tilda Rice. Every pack sold will provide a meal to an expectant mum in need in support of the World Food Programme’s Mothers Helping Mothers initiative in Bangladesh