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Herb meatballs with tomato sauce

Lean meatballs seasoned with parsley and oregano in tomato sauce.

Herb meatballs covered with tomato sauce and parsley.
515 kcal per servingPrep time: 35 minServings: 2DinnerPan-cookedHerb meatballs

Ingredients

  • 160 g lean beef mince
  • 20 g rolled oats
  • 1 tbsp chopped parsley
  • 250 g chopped tomatoes
  • ½ onion and dried oregano

Method

  1. Mix the mince with oats, half the parsley and oregano and shape eight balls.
  2. Brown the meatballs for 8 minutes, turning them on all sides.
  3. Add onion and tomatoes and simmer covered for 15 minutes; finish with parsley.

Calories in context

At 515 kcal per serving, this dish is about 26% of a 2000 kcal daily reference intake — the standard reference amount used on nutrition labels, not a personal target.

Eaten as the evening meal in a three-meal day, it is one part of a day whose real total depends on your own body, activity level and goals, not on any single recipe. For a calorie range that reflects those, rather than a generic reference figure, the tools below can help.

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