Baked Tuna Meatballs

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• ½ medium onion (finely diced)
• 2 cups baby spinach (chopped)
• 2 cloves garlic (minced)
• 3 (5-ounce cans) tuna (or one pound cooked tuna)
• ¼ cup almond flour
• 2 beaten eggs
• 1 tablespoon mayonnaise
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
• 2 tablespoon chopped fresh dill (chopped)
• salt and pepper (to taste)

Steps

1. 1

   Heat the oil in a pan on medium heat. Add the diced onion and minced garlic and saute for a minute. Then add the chopped baby spinach and saute for another 1-2 minutes or until the spinach is wilted.

2. 2

   Transfer the onion spinach mixture to a bowl and let it cool. You can place the bowl in the fridge to speed this up.

3. 3

   Preheat your oven to 400 degrees fahrenheit.

4. 4

   Drain the cans of tuna and add the tuna to a mixing bowl along with the cooled vegetables, almond flour, eggs, mayonnaise, lemon juice, parsley, dill, salt and pepper.

5. 5

   Use your hands to dig in and mix everything together, breaking up any large chunks of tuna. The finer the mixture, the easier it will stick together.

6. 6

   Use a medium cookie scoop to scoop out evenly sized amounts of mixture. Use your fingers to mold this into a ball, then place it on a parchment lined baking tray.

7. 7

   Bake the tuna meatballs for 20-25 minutes, or until lightly golden.