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When my husband and I first started dating, we had the chance to travel around Europe a little. We tried as many new cuisines as we could, and one of the best meals we had was at a delicious Greek restaurant in downtown Brussels, Belgium. I’ve never been able to find Greek food that good since then, so I’d been experimenting with recipes.

This is my take on Greek Meatballs with Cucumber sauce or Keftedes with Tzatziki Sauce as it was called over there. I love the subtle flavors of the fennel and mint, with the slight citrus hint. My kids even liked this recipe, and I’d encourage you to give it a try!

Greek Meatballs
 
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Fragrant and delicious meatballs with hints of fennel, mint, lemon, and onion for a flavorful and satisfying meal.
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Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Greek
Serves: 4-6

Ingredients
  • 1 lb ground turkey (or other ground meat, but turkey is best in this recipe)
  • 1 large onion, grated
  • ¼ cup almond flour
  • 1 tablespoon finely chopped fennel greens
  • 1 tablespoon finely chopped fennel bulb
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1 tsp lemon zest
  • pinch (1/4 tsp) fresh mint, very finely diced (or dried, use slightly less)
  • 1 clove of minced garlic
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • Sauce: 1 cup greek yogurt, 1 tablespoon minced garlic or ½ tsp garlic powder, pinch of salt, teaspoon of lemon juice, 1 cucumber( finely chopped)(makes enough for 4 servings)

Instructions
  1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. In a large bowl, mix the grated onion, ground turkey, almond flour, fennel greens, fennel bulb, egg, lemon juice and zest, mint, garlic, salt and pepper with hands. Add any extra almond flour if needed to make thick enough to form into meat balls.
  3. Form into about 1 inch meatballs and place on an oiled baking sheet or in a large baking dish.
  4. Place in the oven for approximately 30-40 minutes or until cooked through.
  5. While baking, mix the ingredients for the sauce and prepare salad of choice.
  6. Serve meatballs with the yogurt sauce and salad on the side. The yogurt dip also makes a great salad dressing.
  7. Enjoy!

What is your favorite kind of food? Ever traveled to another country? Tell me about it below!

 

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  • Anitra Sweet

    Wow! Sounds delish! We love greek food as well! Thanks for sharing.

  • http://profiles.google.com/kdfgreene Kristina Greene

    This sounds great!  I make turkey burgers  with some of the same ingredients, but not the fennel – which I love!    And 
    Tzatziki  so yummy.  Pinning to try soon.

  • Steph

    What would you serve them with?

  • http://wellnessmama.com Wellness Mama

    I served them as appetizers on toothpicks and also on Mediterranean salads with feta and cucumbers and tomatoes

  • Erin

    Looks delicious!

  • http://www.globallaservision.com/ San Diego LASIK

    I’ve been craving for Greek food lately and I don’t know what’s the place to go here in San Diego.  At last! A recipe that will satisfy my taste buds, thank you for the recipe Wellness Mama! As soon as I go to the  supermarket, I will be buying these ingredients.  Almond flour?  Can I use just the plain all purpose flour or others?

  • http://wellnessmama.com Wellness Mama

    any type of flour will sub, just adjust the amount to get the right consistency if you sub it.

  • http://www.facebook.com/julie.ellen.dyess Julie Dyess

    Despise fennel–please suggest alternate!! Looks so delicious!!

  • http://wellnessmama.com Wellness Mama

    You can just omit it completely or add more onion instead…

  • http://www.facebook.com/kirsten.cleigh Kirsten Cleigh

    I made these into patties (cook faster) and used lamb and grass fed beef. I also used Fennel powder instead of fresh fennel. They were spectacular! I paired it with your greek dressing on a salad and put a spoonfull of the tzatziki on the patty. This is going to be one of my core recipes!