Chicken meatballs with quinoa & curried cauliflower

If you’re looking for a healthy bowl of flavourful chicken and veg to re-energise after a workout, these meatballs with quinoa and curried cauliflower will do the job

Prep:25 mins
Cook:30 mins
plus chilling

Serves 1
Easy

Nutrition per serving

kcal 697
fat 23g
saturates 4g
carbs 44g
sugars 14g
fibre 9g
protein 72g
salt 0.6g

Ingredients

250g chicken mince
1 garlic clove, finely chopped
1 tsp turmeric
pinch of cumin
pinch of cinnamon
handful dill, finely chopped
2 spring onions, finely chopped
50g quinoa
4 cauliflower florets
25g sweet potato, chopped
1 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp medium curry powder
1 tsp pistachios, chopped
1 tsp sultanas
½ lime, juiced

Method

For the meatballs, mix together all the ingredients in a bowl with some seasoning. Form into six balls and chill in the fridge for 20 mins.
Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/ gas 6. Wash the quinoa and put it in a saucepan with 100ml water. Bring to the boil, then turn down to a gentle simmer and cook for 10-15 mins or until doubled in size and tender. Drain and set aside to cool.
Put the cauliflower and sweet potato in a roasting tin and toss in the oil and curry powder. Put the meatballs in a separate tin. Cook both in the oven for 15 mins or until cooked through.
Mix the quinoa with the cauliflower, sweet potato, pistachios and sultanas, squeeze over the lime juice, then serve with the meatballs.