Keto Meaty Mediterranean Lunch Bowls
This makes a total of 5 servings of Keto Meaty Mediterranean Lunch Bowls. Each serving comes out to be 502.2 Calories, 36.82g Fats, 11.08g Net Carbs, and 31.38g Protein.
Ingredients
Meatballs:
- 1 pound ground chicken
- 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 large egg
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- 2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 2 tablespoons butter
Lunch Bowls:
- 1 large head romaine lettuce
- 1 medium cucumber peeled and sliced
- 1 ¼ cup cherry tomatoes halved
- 1 large green bell pepper sliced
- 1 small red onion sliced
- 5 teaspoons olive oil
Tomato and Basil Dressing
- ¼ cup sour cream
- ¼ cup mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon unsweetened tomato paste
- 2 tablespoons chopped sun-dried tomatoes
- 1 tablespoon chopped basil
- ½ tablespoon lemon juice
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl add the ground chicken, Parmesan cheese, egg, garlic, lemon zest, Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper. Mix together, then roll out 25 meatballs.
- Preheat a large skillet with the butter, over high heat. Once the pan is hot and butter has melted and stopped foaming, then lower the heat to medium-high.
- Add the meatballs, then cook until they are browned evenly and cooked through. Take them out of the pan and set aside.
- To serve divide up the lettuce leaves into bowls then add the cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, bell pepper, red onion, and olive oil.
- Mix together the sour cream, mayonnaise, tomato paste, sun-dried tomatoes, basil, lemon juice, salt, and pepper to create the tomato and basil dressing.
- Add 5 meatballs per bowl, and 3 tablespoons of dressing per bowl.