, nutritional review by Franziska Spritzler, RD, CDE
in Recipes, Dinner, Meal Greek low carb keftedes bowls with tzatziki
Ingredients
- 4 oz. 110 g cucumber, grated
- 1 cup (61⁄3 oz.) 240 ml (180 g) Greek yogurt (4% fat)
- 1 1 garlic clove, crushedgarlic cloves, crushed
- 1 tbsp 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp 1 tsp lemon zest
- 2 tbsp 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp 1 tbsp fresh dill, chopped
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 5 oz. 140 g cucumber, sliced and halved
- 7 oz. 200 g cherry tomatoes, halved
- 3 oz. (9 tbsp) 85 g (140 ml) green bell pepper, slicedgreen bell peppers, sliced
- 1 oz. (2¾ tbsp) 28 g (40 ml) red onion, slicedred onions, sliced
- ½ cup (22⁄3 oz.) 120 ml (75 g) feta cheese, crumbled
- 1 oz. (31⁄3 tbsp) 28 g (50 ml) olives, pitted
- 1 tsp 1 tsp dried oregano
- 2 tbsp 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 lb 450 g ground lamb
- ½ tsp ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp ½ tsp pepper
- 1 oz. (2¾ tbsp) 28 g (40 ml) yellow onion, finely choppedyellow onions, finely chopped
- 2 2 garlic clove, crushedgarlic cloves, crushed
- 2 tsp 2 tsp dried parsley
- 1 tsp 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1 tsp 1 tsp dried mint
- 1 1 large egglarge eggs
- ½ cup (2 oz.) 120 ml (55 g) almond flour or 2.5 tbs coconut flour
- 1 tbsp 1 tbsp ghee or butter, for greasing
Instructions
Tzatziki
- Put the cucumber into a bowl. Add the yogurt, garlic, lemon juice, lemon zest, olive oil, and dill.
- Add salt and pepper to taste. Mix until combined, then set to the side.
- Place the cucumber, cherry tomatoes, green pepper, and red onion in a bowl.
- Add the feta, olives, and oregano. Drizzle with olive oil.
- Combine all the ingredients for the meatballs in a bowl. Using your hands, form the mixture into 1" (2.5 cm) meatballs (about 33 g/1.2 oz each).
- Grease a large skillet with the ghee. Once hot, add the meatballs in a single layer. Cook for about 10 minutes turning with a fork until browned on all sides and cooked through, or until the meat reaches a temperature of 160°F (71°C). Remove from the heat.
- Portion the Greek salad into bowls, add meatballs, and serve with tzatziki on top.
Greek salad
Meatballs
For serving
Tips
Refrigerate the meatballs and tzatziki in separate airtight containers for up to four days.
If you want thicker tzatziki, you can squeeze out the liquid in the grated cucumber before mixing it with the other ingredients.
You could replace the almond flour with coconut flour. Since coconut flour absorbs more liquid than almond flour, you only need one-third of the amount.
If you would like to make this recipe egg-free, replace each egg with 1 tbsp olive oil.
Diet Doctor’s recipe team has slightly adjusted this recipe to follow our guidelines. You’ll find the original recipe in Martina’s cookbook, "The Beginner's Keto Diet Cookbook".1
Diet Doctor receives no payment or other considerations from the sale of Martina’s cookbooks or the publishing of this post. ↩
This recipe and recipe photo are from Martina. I am not sure which recipe she used, but here is one of our recipes that looks similar!
https://www.dietdoctor.com/recipes/keto-garlic-rosemary-foccacia