Gluten-Free Greek Turkey Meatballs are moist and tender with luscious flavor. These tasty little morsels with fresh herbs and vegetables will leave your mouth salivating for more. Shredded cucumbers, lemon juice, and fresh herbs are baked inside these meatballs. All in all, Gluten-Free Greek Turkey Meatballs are low in calories and only 6 carbohydrates per quarter-pound serving. Needless to say, you won’t believe that they are made with ground turkey.
Instead of yogurt, I have replaced it with the thick part from a can of unsweetened coconut milk. In conclusion, the herbs, lemon juice, grated cucumbers, and garlic change the flavor of the coconut milk.
Most importantly when shredding the cucumbers make sure to squeeze all the liquid out of them as it will thin out the coconut milk. Furthermore, these meatballs will not be as firm as you are used to.
Gluten-Free Greek Turkey Meatballs Notes:
In all honesty, Greek food is one of my favorite cuisines. Not only do I use canned unsweetened coconut milk inside this recipe I also use my Rosemary Wine Salt. At any rate, I found cocktail cucumbers at my local Costco and found that 1 1/2 cup of shredded cucumbers turned out to be approximately 4 cocktail cucumbers. Powdered Lano Life Beef Bone Broth is my to go to powdered broth incredibly I have been able to find it at my local stores. Therefore, I highly recommend that you do your own research to find out if this product is one you want to add to your pantry.
In any case, my daughter and I are on a summer shred challenge so I have been racking my brain to find new healthy recipes that will fit into my daughter and mines lifestyle. Needless to say, an idea of Greek food popped into my head. However, the next step was to create some sort of dinner item. I decided on turkey the next step was to add flavor. Nonetheless, caramelized onions boost the flavor of the meat and add a little texture.
Gluten-Free Greek Turkey Meatballs
Ingredients:
- 1/2 a cup (about 4 cocktail cucumbers) shredded and liquid squeezed out
- 1/2 cup coconut milk (thick part only)
- 2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
- 1 tsp rosemary wine salt
- 3 cloves minced garlic
- 1/2 tsp Za’atar
- 1 tbsp minced onion
- 2 tbsp minced fresh dill weed
- 2 tsp powdered beef bone broth
- 1 cup diced caramelized onions
- 1 lb ground turkey
- 2 sprays of avocado oil
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 F. Oil a baking sheet or baking stone. First, shred the cucumbers and place them inside a clean tea towel and squeeze out any excess liquid, and set aside.
Secondly, open a can of coconut milk and remove only 1/2 cup of the thick coconut milk and place it into a small bowl. Thirdly, combine drained shredded cucumbers, coconut milk, lemon juice, rosemary wine salt, minced garlic, dried minced onion, minced dill weed, and powdered beef bone broth until thoroughly combined. Finally, fry up the diced onions until caramelized remove them from the heat, and allow them to cool. Once, cooled add coconut milk mixture and caramelized onions to ground turkey until thoroughly combined.
Next roll into meatballs. Place rolled meatballs onto an oiled baking sheet or baking stone. Spray the turkey meatballs and place them into the oven.
Lastly, bake for 20 – 30 minutes or until cooked through and brown. Remove from oven and allow to cool.
Serving suggestion: Serve with chopped tomato, cucumbers, onions, and extra tzatziki sauce.
Or serve with cucumber sauce (Tzatziki sauce) and fresh dill. Can be served as an appetizer. 
Gluten-Free Greek Turkey Meatballs
Equipment
- Frying Pan
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup coconut milk (thick part only)
- 1/2 cup shredded cucumbers liquid squeezed out
- 2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
- 1 tsp rosemary wine salt see recipe on blog
- 3 cloves minced garlic
- 1 tbsp dried minced onion
- 2 tbsp minced fresh dill weed
- 2 tsp powdered beef broth
- 1 cup caramelized onions
- 1 lb ground turkey
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F.
- Oil a baking sheet or baking stone.
- First, shred the cucumbers and place inside a clean tea towel and squeeze out any excess liquid and set aside.
- Secondly, open a can of coconut milk and remove only 1/2 cup of the thick coconut milk and place it into a small bowl.
- Thirdly, combine drained shredded cucumbers, coconut milk, lemon juice, rosemary wine salt, minced garlic, dried minced onion, minced dill weed, and powdered beef bone broth until thoroughly combined.
- Finally, fry up the diced onions until caramelized remove from the heat and allow it to cool.
- Once, cooled add coconut milk mixture and caramelized onions to ground turkey until thoroughly combined.
- Next roll into meatballs.
- Place rolled meatballs onto an oiled baking sheet or baking stone.
- Spray the turkey meatballs and place into the oven
- Lastly, bake for 20 - 30 minutes or until cooked through and brown.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool.
Serving Suggestions:
- Serve with chopped tomato, cucumbers, onions, and extra tzatziki sauce.
- Or serve with cucumber sauce (Tzatziki sauce) and fresh dill.
Notes
| Nutrition Facts | |
|---|---|
| Servings 4.0 | |
| Amount Per Serving | |
| Calories 206 | |
| % Daily Value * | |
| Total Fat 11 g | 17 % |
| Saturated Fat 3 g | 15 % |
| Monounsaturated Fat 0 g | |
| Polyunsaturated Fat 0 g | |
| Trans Fat 0 g | |
| Cholesterol 80 mg | 27 % |
| Sodium 95 mg | 4 % |
| Potassium 93 mg | 3 % |
| Total Carbohydrate 6 g | 2 % |
| Dietary Fiber 1 g | 3 % |
| Sugars 1 g | |
| Protein 24 g | 49 % |
| Vitamin A | 5 % |
| Vitamin C | 14 % |
| Calcium | 11 % |
| Iron | 15 % |
| * The Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet, so your values may change depending on your calorie needs. The values here may not be 100% accurate because the recipes have not been professionally evaluated nor have they been evaluated by the U.S. FDA. | |
In conclusion, check out my other meatball recipes.
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