Healthy Christmas stuffing balls (to serve with your choice of roast meat

A delicious healthy recipe commissioned from Sleekgeek Success Story turned Coach,  Sylvia Frank (read more about her here).

Carefully designed to fit in with the Sleekgeek Food List,  Healthy Meal Template, and  Portion Control Guide.

DETAILS

BEST FOR: Accompaniment for any roast.
SERVES: 12 balls

INGREDIENTS:

• PROTEIN:
  • 75g cooked chickpeas (canned is fine)
  • 1 egg

• VEGETABLES/FRUIT:
  • 1 large onion
  • 2 sticks celery
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 3 dried apricot halves

• SMART CARBS
  • 4 slices wholemeal bread

• HEALTHY FAT:
  • 75g almonds
  • 1 Tbsp olive oil

• HERBS, SPICES, AND EXTRAS:
  • Handful chopped parsley
  • Sage leaves
  • Thyme
  • Rosemary
  • Pinch salt
  • Pepper

UTENSILS:

• Chopping board
• Chopping knife
• Blender
• Frying pan

INSTRUCTIONS:

• Preheat oven to 180’C
• Lightly spray or grease an oven dish
• Chop up the onion finely
• Crush and chop the garlic
• Remove stalks from the herbs and chop them finely
• Slice the celery thinly
• Chop up the apricot halves into tiny pieces.
• Heat up the Tbsp oil in the frying pan and add the onions, garlic, and celery. Allow it to sizzle and cook until it is translucent and soft.
• Pop the torn-up bread, the apricots, the almonds, the chickpeas, the herbs, salt and pepper, and the fried onion/celery mix into a blender and whizz it to bring it together.
• Add the egg just to hold it all together.
• Roll the mixture into golf ball-sized shapes and arrange them on the baking tray.
• Bake at 180’C for 25 minutes

TO SERVE:

• Serve with a few sprigs of herbs for garnish. Either put the balls on a separate dish alongside the roast or arrange the stuffing balls around the roast.

Absolutely delicious.. and they can keep in the freezer once cooked for a long time.