I don’t make meatballs very often but after picking up a really cheap pack of extra lean pork mince with my “that’ll come in handy” head on, I thought it was about time and please the big kid when he comes home from work. I’ll be honest, I was just as excited as him and it’s really filling and makes so much, which is great if you’re a big eater like us.
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The only faffy thing is the making of the balls, but nothing that a food processor and dishwasher can’t sort out. If you don’t either, then you’ll have to get your hands stuck in and squish away, but if you’re determined, (I promise it is worth it), then nothing will stop you.
Recipe – Serves 4-6
Meatballs
- Frylight
- 500g lean pork mince
- 1 small wholemeal bread roll, whizzed in to crumbs *healthy extra
- 40g lower fat mature cheddar, grated *healthy extra
- Seasoning
- 1 red onion, finely diced
- 1 egg
- 1/2 tsp ground mild chilli
Stew
- 1 red onion, diced
- 1 red pepper, deseeded & diced
- 1 yellow pepper, deseeded & diced
- 2 400g tinned baked beans
- 3 tins of chopped tomatoes
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 2 tsp ground coriander
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1 tsp basil
- 1/2 tsp mild ground chilli
- 1/2 tsp cumin
- 2 tsp paprika
- Seasoning
Method
- In a food processor, combine all the meatball ingredients and roll in to balls the size of golf balls.
- Spray a large frying pan with frylight and brown all the meatballs and transfer to the slow cooker.
- Now add the rest of the ingredients and set the slow cooker to low and cook either overnight or 5-6 hours.
- Season to taste again if it needs it and serve.
- And don’t forget to tag me on Instagam (#TastefullyVikkie) if you make it, I love seeing your pictures! 🙂
For something a bit quicker if you’re short of time, you might want to try my Lazy Slow Cooker Chicken & Bean Stew.
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Hi Vikkie. I love you’re blogs, in particular your SW recipes, however, I’m not receiving the Friday night recipe notifications. Are the new videos on YouTube? I can’t find them, only my “viewed” ones. Do I have to sign in or “join” another group? Please let me know. I’m looking forward to the new soup recipes from 2nd March and don’t want to miss them
Hi Carolyne, are you referring to the Soup Challenge (2nd March)? I’m won’t be doing it again this half of the year but they are available on my YouTube channel.
To find out when my latest videos are up, you’ll need to sign up with YouTube if you haven’t already and subscribe to my YouTube channel http://www.youtube.com/c/tastefullyvikkie or visit it via the YouTube app and tap the Bell icon.
If that doesn’t help, this link might do: http://support.google.com/youtube/answer/3382248?hl=en-GB
Hope that helps x
Hi Vikki. I’ve obviously misread your YT missives! I thought you were doing a new set of videos on Friday nights. It would seem I was looking at last year’s contributions. Since starting the SW soup challenge my last stone has started to budge! I’ve been stuck for weeks now and was feeling very despondent, almost defeated! Finding you on YT was brilliant. I’ve also taken on board your suggestion of watching the calories for the latter part of my SW journey so I’ve reactivated “My Fitness Pal”. The soups and watching calories seems to be working! For a “sweet fix” I love the banana icecream!
I definitely need to get back in to the calorie counting with my fitbit! I’ve really tailed off since renovating. It definitely works. Think I’ll have to start that from today. So glad to hear it’s shifting! X