Mediterranean Meatballs with Tzatziki & Greek-Style Cheese
with fresh dill, lentils & couscous
There is a new ingredient in your box! Tzatziki is a refreshing, creamy Greek yogurt dip with cucumber and garlic – it makes for the perfect side to a dish with meat or fish!
The quantities provided above are averages only.
Produced in a facility that processes eggs, milk, fish, peanuts, sesame, shellfish, soy, tree nuts, and wheat.
Ingredients
75 g
Wholewheat couscous
(Contains: Gluten, Tarwe May be present: Mosterd, Soja, Lupine)
4 piece
Beef-pork meatballs with Spanish-style seasoning
(May be present: Mosterd, Soja, Selderij, Gluten, Ei)
25 g
Greek-style cheese
(Contains: Melk (inclusief lactose))
25 g
Tzatziki
(Contains: Melk (inclusief lactose), Ei)
65 g
Baby spinach
½ piece
Red onion
¼ pack
Lentils
(May be present: Gluten)
1 piece
Persian cucumber
½ sachet(s)
Sicilian-style herb mix
½ sachet(s)
BBQ spice rub
2.5 g
Fresh dill
(May be present: Selderij)
Not included in your delivery
½ tablespoon
Olive oil
1 tablespoon
Balsamic vinegar
175 milliliters
Low sodium vegetable stock
1 tablespoon
Water for the sauce
to taste
Honey [or plant-based alternative]
to taste
Extra virgin olive oil
to taste
Salt and pepper
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
- Prepare the stock in a saucepan.
- Add the couscous and the Sicilian-style herbs, then mix well to combine.
- Allow to stand for 10 minutes, covered.
- Add the BBQ rub* and fuff through the couscous with a fork. Season generously with salt and pepper.
*Take care, this ingredient is spicy! Use as preferred.
- Slice the onion into thin half-rings. Halve the meatballs.
- Heat a drizzle of olive oil in a frying pan over medium-high heat and fry the onion for 2 minutes.
- Add the meatballs and a splash of water, then fry for 4 - 5 minutes, covered.
- Drizzle with some honey as preferred and fry for 2 - 3 more minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Meanwhile, dice the cucumber. Drain and rinse the lentils.
- In a large salad bowl, combine the balsamic vinegar with some extra virgin olive oil as preferred.
- Add the lentils, the couscous, the spinach and the cucumber.
- Toss well to combine, then season to taste with salt and pepper.
- In a small bowl, combine the tzatziki with the water for the sauce.
- Serve everything on plates and drizzle with the tzatziki.
- Crumble over the Greek-style cheese and garnish with the dill.
