One-dish meals are my favorite! You can put this dish together in a few minutes, send it to the oven for one hour and you have a complete, satisfying, beautiful, and delicious meal!
Elite Jakob is a Reisterstown-based integrative health coach, food blogger and author of the self-published cookbook “I Live in my Kitchen, But You Don’t Have To.” For more recipes from Jakob, visit her website, Iliveinmykitchen.com and follow her on Instagram and TikTok @Iliveinmykitchen.
Meatballs
Ingredients
For the meatballs:
- 2 pounds ground meat of your choice
- 1 egg
- 1 cup chopped parsley
- 1 onion, diced small
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- Pepper
For the veggies:
- 2 Tablespoons olive oil
- 1 cup orzo
- 1 red pepper, diced (fresh or roasted pickled from a jar)
- 3 garlic cloves, chopped
- 1 large zucchini, diced small
- 1 Tablespoon salt
- Pepper
- 2 teaspoons oregano
- 1 teaspoon thyme
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 2 Tablespoons tomato paste
- 2 cups water
On top:
- 2 cups cherry tomatoes, halved
- 2 Tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Mix the meat, onion, parsley, egg and seasonings and form 2” meatballs, set aside.
- In a rectangular oven safe dish combine the orzo, veggies, water, and seasonings. Mix them all (except for the cherry tomatoes) until evenly distributed.
- Place the meatballs in the baking dish, pushing the veggies gently so the meatballs are on the bottom of the dish.
- Top with the halved cherry tomatoes. Sprinkle two pinches of salt and the olive oil all over the tomatoes.
- Cover with crinkled, lightly wet, parchment paper and seal with heavy duty foil.
- Bake at 375 for one hour. Uncover and bake for another 10 minutes until the cherry tomatoes are charred.
- Remove from the oven, sprinkle with fresh parsley and let cool for 10 minutes.
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