Monday, March 3, 2014

Meal Plan Monday- Spicy Buffalo Chicken Meatballs w/cilantro Lime Dipping sauce


Spicy Buffalo Chicken Meatballs 

Serving size: 4 meatballs

Ingredients
1 pound ground white meat chicken
1/2 small onion, grated
2 cloves garlic, grated
1/2 cup parsley, chopped
1 tsp of smoked Paprika
¼ tsp cayenne pepper
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1/2 cup Franks Red Hot Wings sauce, Buffalo style
A couple of handfuls celery sticks

Directions
Preheat oven to 400F.
In a large bowl, combine the ground chicken, onion, garlic, parsley, paprika and cayenne.  Season with salt and black pepper.
Take about two tablespoons of meat mixture and roll between the palms of your hand to form a meatball about the size of a golf ball.
Place meatballs on a rimmed baking sheet lightly coated with cooking spray.  Pop them in the oven and cook for 15-20 minutes or until they are cooked through.
While the meatballs are baking, heat the hot sauce in a  large skillet.  Toss the baked meatballs in the hot sauce to coat.
Enjoy the meatballs with celery sticks and some Cilantro Lime Dipping Sauce!!  Enjoy!
Makes 16 meatballs.
Nutritional Analysis
Four Meatballs:  Calories: 184; Total Fat: 6.5g; Saturated Fat: 0.5g; Cholesterol: 75mg; Sodium: 333mg; Carbohydrate: 5g; Dietary Fiber: 0.8g; Sugars: 1.4g; Protein: 29.2g


Cilantro Lime Dipping Sauce

(I just threw this in because it’s my favorite sauce to dip chicken or any type of meatballs in right now!!! IT’S SOOOO GOOD!)

2 TBS plain nonfat Greek yogurt, or you can use nonfat sour cream

1/2 A LIME fresh squeezed into juice, (I also zested the lime and added that! yum!)

1 garlic clove, minced or 1 tsp already minced garlic.  You can use more if you'd like

1/4 teaspoon ground cumin

3 dashes hot sauce if ya like it a little spicy

1/2 cup fresh cilantro leaves, chopped

Mix it all together and DIP WHATEVER YOU WANT IN IT!!!!

* Serving size is 1/4 cup

**** If you're on an em Meal Plan this meal is AWESOME just about any time.  Try it for meal #3, #4, or #6.  Just remember, If you have the dipping sauce, the yogurt counts as a healthy fat!


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