So on the last week in the Detox, I made the following recipe. It’s my mother’s (of course), but she makes it with ground beef, I used ground chicken breast because in the Detox we avoid eating red meat. This is one of my favorite recipes, it’s easy to prepare, it’s a healthy writer and with the amount of spinach it contains, Popeye himself would have been proud of.
Ingredients
- For the meatballs
- 1 lbs of ground chicken breast - You can also use ground beef or half-half.
- 1 Large grated onion
- 1 large grated zucchini
- 1 bunch of parsley / cilantro
- 1 Egg
- 2 tablespoons of spelt flour (you may use bread crumbs instead)
- 1/2 teaspoon of cumin
- Salt and pepper to taste.
- For the souce
- 1 onion
- 1 whole celery
- A beautiful handful of spinach leaves (200-250 g)
- 1 tablespoon of turmeric
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 garlic cloves
- 2 lemons
Instructions
1
If you use a food processor, put all the meatball ingredients in a food processor and grind.
2
Put the mixture in the refrigerator for about half an hour.
3
If you do not have a food processor:
4
Grate the zucchini and the onion over a thin grater and strain water, by squeezing the mixture.
5
Chop the parsley.
6
Place all the ingredients of the chicken meat balls in a bowl and mix well and let the mixture rest in the refrigerator for about half an hour.
7
Meanwhile, prepare the sauce.
8
Cut the onion in half and slice into thin slices.
9
Peel the lemons and slice into slices that are not too thin (1/2 inch)
10
slice the celery and the garlic into thin slices.
Ingredients
- For the meatballs
- 1 lbs of ground chicken breast - You can also use ground beef or half-half.
- 1 Large grated onion
- 1 large grated zucchini
- 1 bunch of parsley / cilantro
- 1 Egg
- 2 tablespoons of spelt flour (you may use bread crumbs instead)
- 1/2 teaspoon of cumin
- Salt and pepper to taste.
- For the souce
- 1 onion
- 1 whole celery
- A beautiful handful of spinach leaves (200-250 g)
- 1 tablespoon of turmeric
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 garlic cloves
- 2 lemons
Instructions
1
If you use a food processor, put all the meatball ingredients in a food processor and grind.
2
Put the mixture in the refrigerator for about half an hour.
3
If you do not have a food processor:
4
Grate the zucchini and the onion over a thin grater and strain water, by squeezing the mixture.
5
Chop the parsley.
6
Place all the ingredients of the chicken meat balls in a bowl and mix well and let the mixture rest in the refrigerator for about half an hour.
7
Meanwhile, prepare the sauce.
8
Cut the onion in half and slice into thin slices.
9
Peel the lemons and slice into slices that are not too thin (1/2 inch)
10
slice the celery and the garlic into thin slices.
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