It's All Greek To Me Meatballs

Total Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 cups cooked brown rice
• 1/2 tablespoon fresh greek oregano or 3/4 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1/4 cup finely minced onion
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 cup feta cheese, crumbled (for this recipe i use feta with basil and sundried tomatoes)
• 1 lb organic ground beef or 1 lb ground lamb
• 1 small eggs (read note) or 1 -2 tablespoon egg substitute (read note)
• 2 medium zucchini, cut into thin slices
• 1 cup marinara sauce
• salt or fresh ground pepper

Recipe

• 1 *note: if meat mixture does not want to bind, add a small egg or a little bit of egg substitute.
• 2 preheat oven to 450 degrees.
• 3 in large bowl, combine rice, oregano, onion, garlic, cinnamon and 1/4 cup feta cheese. stir in beef until combined. do not overstir.
• 4 in 13" x 9" greased baking dish arrange the zucchini slices in single layer. grease a small ice cream scoop with olive oil then shape the meat mixture into sixteen 1 1/2" balls. place the meatballs on top of zucchini and drizzle with the marinara sauce. season with salt and pepper.
• 5 cover baking dish with foil. bake 20 minutes or until meatballs are cooked through and no longer pink.
• 6 uncover, and top with remaining feta cheese.
• 7 let sit in oven for about 1 minute or until the feta melts.