Middle East Recipe! Lebanese Meatball with Spinach Salad for dinner. Filled with spinach cucumbers with fresh mozzarella and cherry tomatoes to complete a summer meal.
You can make it in advance and warm up the Lebanese Meatball when your ready to eat. The best part about this meal is how good it taste even if it is low in calories.
We usually go to the farmers market on Saturday and we met this wonderful woman that own's Sweets and Spice. She had a variety of spices and she was kinda enough to give me a sample of the Lebanese Spice to make this wonderful dish.
Make your own by adding the following:
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- 1 teaspoon coriander
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- ½ teaspoon cloves
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg
- ½ cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon cardamon
- 1 teaspoon paprika
I served it up with a spinach and tomato salad with a simple dressing. I usually make a lemon, vinegar and olive oil dressing and just mix it up with salt and pepper.
I added a couple of fresh mozzarella balls and cut them up in small pieces. This meal took me about 20 minutes to make. ENJOY!
Lebanese Meatball with Spinach Salad
Ingredients
Meatballs
- 1 lb of ground beef
- 1 egg
- ½ cup of parsley
- ½ cup of chopped walnuts
- 2 tablespoon of Sweet and Spice Lebanese Spice
Spinach Salad
- 4 cups of spinach
- 1 cup of cherry tomatoes cut in half
- 5 mozzarella balls
Dressing
- ¼ cup of olive oil
- ⅓ cup of white vinegar
- 1 lemon
- Salt and Pepper
Instructions
- Pre-heat your oven at 380ª
- Take your meat, walnuts chopped, parsley and mix all together.
- Mix spice over the meat and make roll 1 inch meatballs.
- Place on a greased pan
- Place in the oven and wait 10 minutes and turn over when brown to the other side.
- Bake for another 10 minutes or until completely browned and cooked.
- Get your salad and mix the cherry tomatoes, spinach, and mozzarella balls in a bowl.
- Mix the salad dressing ingredents together and our over salad.
- Place meatballs on top and serve.
- Enjoy
Jeanette says
I will try this recipe this weekend. Also want to try substituting lamb and cilantro. This would be a great recipe to make ahead for the boat. Thanks, again.
Lizzy says
I love lamb and cilantro together. If you like these meatballs, you'll have to try these: https://lizzylovesfood.com/organic-cheesy-lava-meatballs/ It was great seeing you this weekend!
Jeff says
I love a good meatball recipe and this looks good and healthy
Lizzy says
thanks so much! Enjoy!