Healthy Lamb Meatballs

Lamb is usually a pretty fatty meat (with none of the good fats!). So I made up this recipe to satisfy my husband's cravings for lamb. Not only are they fast and easy, they are healthy and freeze well too. I serve this with rice and lentils (in rice cooker) with yogurt.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 30 mins
• Total Time: 50 mins
• Calories: 256 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 egg
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• ⅓ cup diced onion
• 1 pound ground lamb, or more to taste
• ½ cup shredded cabbage, or more to taste
• 1 ¼ tablespoons ground allspice
• 1 tablespoon freshly ground cardamom
• ¼ teaspoon ground turmeric (Optional)
• ¼ teaspoon ground sumac (Optional)

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Step 2

Boil lamb in a pot of water, breaking into small chunks with a spoon, until fully cooked, 5 to 10 minutes. Skim fat from water using a spoon and drain water from meat.

Step 3

Mix cooked lamb, cabbage, onion, egg, allspice, cardamom, turmeric, sumac, salt, and pepper together in bowl; roll into 1 1/2-inch balls. Arrange meatballs on a baking sheet.

Step 4

Bake in the preheated oven until meatballs are cooked through and browned on the outside, 25 to 30 minutes.