Lunchbox Meatballs
When lunch calls for something quick and easy and pre prepared...this is your go to. The kids can help, do most of it in fact! Let them at it!
There seems to be an age old battle with parents and kids about eating lunches? Am I alone in this thought? My experience with five of the little darlings was varied. Different kids liked different things, some of them would eat everything, some would eat nothing. Frustrating! For some of my tips of how to get them on board with lunches at school, read my fantastic article HERE.
In the meantime, encourage them in prepping lunches by having a practice run with these meatballs. They are delish, the little hands can do all the rolling for you, the bigger hands can even cook them for you. And because they have invested some time in the whole process, they may be more than keen to eat these when lunch time rolls around. They are great energy protein balls essentially. You heard it here first! Protein powder in rolled up thingy's has nothing on these!
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Need
- 1 Handful Italian parsley leaves
- 1 Kilo beef mince
- 1 egg
- 2 Teaspoons ground cumin
- 1 Teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 Teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 Teaspoon smoked paprika
- 2 Teaspoons pink salt flakes BUY
- 10 Drops doTERRA black pepper oil or freshly ground black pepper to taste BUY
- Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO) for frying BUY
Do
- 1
Place parsley into the Thermomix bowl and chop 3 sec/speed 5.
- 2
Place all remaining ingredients except EVOO into the Thermomix bowl and blend 8 sec/speed 7.
- 3
With wet hands, shape into approximately 40-50 meatballs or less if you are going with larger meatballs.
- 4
Heat a frying pan to a medium high heat and drizzle with enough EVOO to coat the pan. Fry meatballs in batches, turning until well browned and fragrant. Serve or cool and freeze in portion size packs for easy lunchbox delivery! They will be perfectly thawed by lunchtime if taken to school/work frozen as well as serve as a cool pack for the rest of the lunch!
- 5
If you prefer you can bake the meatballs in a 180°C oven for around 12-15 minutes.
Tenina Holder is a wife, mother of five and grandmother of eight, who started cooking in the olden days before Thermomix was even a thing.
Tenina has become the premium go to source for all Thermomix expertise and of course fresh and easy recipes that work. Her cooking classes and foodie trips are sold out in literally hours, her cookbooks appear on the Australian best seller lists and her social reach is in the millions. Her Insider Club is the most fun you can have with a Thermomix and you really should join her! She believes chocolate, butter and salt are health foods. Her food positivity mantra is, eat everything, just not all at once!
