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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Greek >> Greek

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. *NOTE: If meat mixture does not want to bind, add a small egg or a little bit of egg substitute. | 2. Preheat oven to 450 degrees. | 3. In large bowl, combine rice, oregano, onion, garlic, cinnamon and 1/4 cup feta cheese. Stir in beef until combined. Do not overstir. | 4. In 13" x 9" greased baking dish arrange the zucchini slices in single layer. Grease a small ice cream scoop with olive oil then shape the meat mixture into sixteen 1 1/2" balls. Place the meatballs on top of zucchini and drizzle with the marinara sauce. Season with salt and pepper. | 5. Cover baking dish with foil. Bake 20 minutes or until meatballs are cooked through and no longer pink. | 6. Uncover, and top with remaining feta cheese. | 7. Let sit in oven for about 1 minute or until the feta melts. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
brown rice	2	cups	cooked	1147.08	241.6768	22.8468	8.7848
greek oregano	1/2	tablespoon		-	-	-	-
onion	1/4	cup	minced	16.0	3.736	0.44	0.04
garlic clove	1		minced	4.47	0.9918	0.1908	0.015
cinnamon	1/4	teaspoon	ground	-	-	-	-
feta cheese	1/2	cup	crumbled sundried	198.0	3.0675	10.6575	15.96
beef	1		ground ground	530.4012	0.0	104.5842	12.1947
egg	1			54.34	0.2736	4.7728	3.6138
zucchini	2		cut	4.62	0.6842	0.5962	0.08800000000000001
marinara sauce	1	cup		-	-	-	-
salt			ground	-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.