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Contributed By: ljville
The South Beach Diet Quick and Easy Cookbook

From kalynskitchen.blogspot.com: Makes about 24 small meatballs, recipe adapted slightly from The South Beach Diet Quick and Easy Cookbook.

Ingredients

1 pound Lean ground beef (I use ground beef with less than 10% fat)

1/2 Small onion, minced

1/2 cup Very finely crumbled feta cheese (measure after crumbling finely with a fork)

2 cloves Garlic, minced (I used 2 tsp. minced garlic from a jar)

1 large egg

1 t Extra virgin olive oil, plus more for baking dish

1 t Dried Greek oregano

4 tsp. Red wine vinegar

1/4 tsp. Salt (optional, I used a tiny bit of Vege-Sal)

1/4 tsp. Fresh ground black pepper

1 tsp. Greek seasoning (optional, I used Penzeys)

Preparation

Preheat oven to 400. Use a food processor to chop the onion very finely, then drain if it seems like there is a lot of liquid. (In the photo I used red onion, but any onion will work.)

Combine all ingredients in a bowl, then use your hands to mix ingredients.

Lightly oil a 9 X 13 baking dish. Shape meat into 1 tablespoon size meatballs and place on baking sheet. Bake 20 minutes, after which time you will see some liquid oozing out. Turn meatballs and bake 10 more minutes. Turn again, and bakd 5-10 more minutes, until meatballs are well-browned and cooked through.

Meatballs are delicious served with Tzatziki Sauce.

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