Turkey Meatballs and veggies

Our go-to weekly meal - delicious and packed with veggies. And it’s the best for cleaning out the fridge!

Ingredients:

For meatballs:

1 lb ground turkey (or chicken)

1 red bell pepper, diced

1 leek, diced

1 onion, diced

3 garlic cloves, shopped

1 zucchini, diced

1 jalapeno, diced

+any other veg you have in the fridge!

2 large eggs

1/4 cup panko breadcrumbs

salt and pepper + red pepper flakes

For roasted chickpeas:

1 can chickpeas, drained and pat dry

olive oil

1 Tbsp cumin

1 Tbsp paprika

1/2 Tbsp salt

1 Tbsp garlic powder

1 Tbsp onion powder

For roasted veggie:

1 head of broccoli, cauliflower, eggplant, whatever is going bad in the fridge!

olive oil

salt and pepper, to taste

For pasta + sauce:

1 lb pasta

2 Tbsp butter

4 Tbsp olive oil

1 shallot, diced

4 cloves garlic, sliced

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.

2. Prepare meatballs by combining turkey meat, all chopped veggies, eggs, panko and seasoning until fully incorporated. Let mixture settle in for 20 minutes.

3. In the meantime, drain can of chickpeas and season. Put into oven for 35 minutes - or until crispy!

4. Then cut up the roasted veggie of your choice, season and put into the oven as well - also for 35 minutes.

5. Roll meatball mixture into balls and place on a tray/plate - should make about 12-16 good sized balls! Let mixture

6. Heat up saucepan with olive oil. Sear meatballs on both sides, they shouldn’t be cooked through, just brown and a little crispy. Put on sheet tray until all the meatballs have been seared. Once finished with all the meatballs, put into the oven with the vegetable and chickpeas.

7. Bring a pot of water to a boil, and boil pasta until al dente.

8. While the pasta is cooking, in the same pan that you seared the meatballs, make the sauce with olive oil, butter, shallots and garlic. Season with salt and pepper and some red pepper flakes for spice.

9. Once pasta is done, keep some pasta water reserved (about 1 cup) and put pasta directly into the sauce. Add pasta water to emulsify the sauce.

10. Remove the meatballs, vegetable and chickpeas from oven.

11. Assemble your bowl! Pasta, meatballs, veggie and roasted chickpeas on top! Top with extra sauce from the pasta and serve!