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Meatball and chickpea traybake

An oval-shaped black serving bowl filled with meatballs, beetroot, chickpeas and mint

Meatball and chickpea traybake

Name: Meatball and chickpea traybake
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: 250g lean beef or turkey mince (5% fat); 2 tbsp horseradish sauce; 2 cloves garlic crushed; 1 small red onion sliced; 1 tbsp olive oil; 250g cooked beetroots drained and cut into wedges; 400g tin chickpeas drained and rinsed; a handful of leaves mint chopped; 4 tbsp fat-free natural yogurt; toasted pittas to serve

Anna Glover

Published: December 9, 2020 at 8:15 AM

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Serves 2

Easy

Total time: 30 mins

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Make meatballs a healthy midweek dinner by pairing them with chickpeas, beetroot and toasted pittas to serve. This recipe is low in calories and salt, but high in protein

Gluten free

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Ingredients

Nutrition

250g lean beef or turkey mince (5% fat)
2 tbsp horseradish sauce
2 cloves garlic

crushed
1 small red onion

sliced
1 tbsp olive oil
250g cooked beetroots

drained and cut into wedges
400g tin chickpeas

drained and rinsed
a handful of leaves mint

chopped
4 tbsp fat-free natural yogurt
toasted pittas

to serve

Nutrition: per serving

kcal507

low
fat15.8g
saturates4g
carbs41.5g
sugars20.9g
fibre11g
protein44.1g

high
salt1.1g

low

Method

step 1

Heat the oven to 220C/fan 200C/gas 7. Combine the mince, half the horseradish sauce and most of the garlic in a bowl using clean hands. Roll into eight meatballs and transfer to a medium baking tray with the onions. Drizzle over the olive oil and roast for 10 minutes.
step 2

Add the beetroots and chickpeas to the tray, season and toss together. Roast for another 10-15 minutes, or until the meatballs are cooked through and the chickpeas are just crisp. Mix most of the mint with the yogurt, the rest of the horseradish sauce and the remaining garlic, then season. Loosen with a little water if the mixture seems too thick. Spoon the yogurt sauce over the traybake, then scatter with the remaining mint and serve with the toasted pittas for dunking.

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