Baked Tuna Meatballs Recipe For Easter Day 2024

Baked tuna meatballs are a healthy, seafood spin on meatballs! They're paleo, low-carb and keto-friendly as well. Watch the video above to see how I make them! 

–▢ 1 tablespoon olive oil – ▢ 1/2 medium onion, finely diced – ▢ 2 cups baby spinach, chopped – ▢ 2 cloves garlic, minced – ▢ 3 5-ounce cans tuna, or one pound cooked tuna – ▢  1/4 cup almond flour – ▢2 beaten egg – ▢ 1 tablespoon mayonnaise – ▢ 1 tablespoon lemon juice – ▢ 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley – ▢ 2 tablespoon chopped fresh dill, chopped – ▢ salt and pepper, to taste

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Step 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.

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Step 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.

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Step 3

 Preheat your oven to 400 degrees fahrenheit.

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Step 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.

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Step 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.

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Step 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.

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Step 7

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

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