Easy Tuesday Dinner - Lebanese Meatball Pockets

I made one of my favourite and easiest dinners last night; Lebanese Meatball Pockets.

I have been enjoying these since I was a rugrat living in

Darwin's Northern Territory.

As a family we used to go down to the cliffs at Nightcliff Beach with lots of friends to have dinner and watch the sun go down. Mum would make the Lebanese Meatballs and condiments to take down for our dinner. After e

xperiencing not-so-good Lebanese suvlaki from the local, Mum

decided to make up her own, s

he improved the taste by using lamb mince.

As Spring has arrived I feel this dish is great for either a mid week dinner or picnic.

Ingredients:

Lebanese Pita Bread

Lebanese Meatballs

500g Lamb mince

2 eggs

Bunch of fresh mint finely chopped

4 tbs of Cornflake crumbs or bread crumbs

2-3 garlic cloves (yes lots of garlic, so maybe not a date picnic lol)

Salt and Pepper

Tomato Condiment

2-3 tomatoes or punnet of cherry or roma tomatoes, diced

2 spring onions finely sliced

Salt and Pepper

Yogurt and Cucumber Condiment

4 tbls Greek Yogurt

1 garlic clove finely chopped

Small bunch fresh mint finely chopped

Fresh salad leaves opt.

Mixing it all up

For the meatballs, simply put all the ingredients into a bowl and get your clean hands in there and mix it all up thoroughly .

Then it's simply a matter of rolling the mixture up into small little balls, about 1 tbls size. *TIP* Damp hands make them so much easier to roll up.

I like to cook mine under the grill, it's a much healthier option. You could fry or even bbq them. What ever's easiest for you really.

For the condiments simply mix the ingredients together and pop into individual serving dishes.

To serve

Simply lay all the food out on display.

Slightly warm the Pita Bread just before you serve them. Cut them in half so you have 2 pockets. Stuff the pockets with a couple of broken up meatballs, layer the top with cucumber yogurt, tomatoes and some lettuce leaves.

Enjoy :)