Gluten-Free Greek Turkey Meatballs

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Gluten-Free Greek Turkey Meatballs are moist and tender with luscious flavor.  Shredded cucumbers, lemon juice, and fresh herbs are baked inside these meatballs. Gluten-Free Greek Turkey Meatballs are low in calories and only 6 carbohydrates per each quarter pound serving. You won’t believe that they are made with turkey.

Instead of yogurt, I have replaced it with the thick part from a can of unsweetened coconut milk. 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. These meatballs will not be as firm as you are used too.

Notes:

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. 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. I highly recommend that you do your own research to find out if this product is one you want to add to your pantry.

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. An idea of Greek food popped into my head. The next step was to create some sort of dinner item. I decided on turkey the next step was to add flavor. 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 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 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 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 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 suggestion: Serve with chopped tomato, cucumbers, onions, and extra tzatziki sauce.

Or serve with cucumber sauce (Tzatziki sauce) and fresh dill.