Sunday slow cooker meals are now part of our lazy day. Don’t get me wrong I love a roast dinner and we are creatures of habit in this house. We would have a roast every Sunday but they do take a long time to cook. So when we want a really lazy Sunday where we don’t have to cook too much. I will grab the slow cooker and prepare a tasty meal the night before.
By preparing all the ingredients the night before all I have to do is turn the slow cooker on in the morning. For me, it makes it feel like the fairies have cooked the dinner. Then all I have to do is serve the meal and enjoy. With these dish I did find the meatballs fell apart easily when I transferred them to the bowl. The meat then added to the texture of the sauce. The dish was easy and simple and one I had to share with you.
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Equipment
- Sharp knife
- Chopping board
- Slow cooker
- Mixing bowl
- Teaspoon
Ingredients for the sauce
- Onion x 1
- Courgette x 1
- Red pepper x 1
- Green beans x 4 handfuls
- Tinned tomatoes x 1 400g tin
- Chicken stock x 500ml
- Mild or hot chilli powder x 1 – 2 tsp
- Garlic granules x 2 tsp
- Smoked paprika x tsp
- Cayenne pepper x 1/2 – 1 tsp
- Cinnamon x 1 tsp
- Salt and pepper to taste
Method for the sauce
- Peel and slice the onion and courgette.
- Cut the top from red pepper and remove the core.
- Slice the red pepper and put these into the slow cooker.
- Pour over the tomatoes and stock.
- Add in the green beans and the spice.
- Now add salt and pepper to taste.
- Mix all of these ingredients together and set aside.
Ingredients for the meatballs
- Chicken or Turkey mince x 500g
- Spring onions x 8 – 10
- Cashew nut cream cheese x 50g
- Nutritional yeast x 2 tbsps (optional)
- Ground flax seeds x tbsps
- Carrot x 1
- Salt and pepper to taste
Method for the meatballs
- Put the chicken or turkey mince into the large mixing bowl.
- Top and tail the spring onions and slice into half centimetre pieces.
- Peel and grate the carrot.
- Place the grated carrot and spring onions into the large mixing bowl.
- Add in the cashew nut cream cheese, nutritional yeast, ground flax seed and salt and pepper to taste.
- Next, using your hands, mix together the ingredients.
- Divided the meat mixture into eight even pieces and roll into balls.
- Put the meatballs on top of the sauce in the slow cooker.
- Turn the cooker onto high for 3 – 4 hours and low for 7 – 8 hours.
- Once everything is cooked, turn the slow cooker off and serve the dinner.
- Serve with rice, quinoa, pasta, potato or couscous.
- Then enjoy.
Slow Cooked Cheesy ‘No Cheese’ Meatballs with a Spicy Sauce was a big hit. We served our meal with rice but this meal is adaptable and could be eaten with a variety of foods. Also the leftovers can be frozen and eaten on another occasion. It’s a taste way to eat chicken or turkey mince too. However you decide to eat this dish, as always, please enjoy. Thank you xxx
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