Ingredients:

For the meatballs –

• 1 pound lean ground turkey or chicken
• ¼ small red onion, minced
• ½ red bell pepper, finely chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• ½ jalapeño, minced
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• ½ teaspoon chili powder
• ¼ teaspoon smoked paprika
• Add sea salt and pepper, to taste

For the sauce –

• 1 avocado
• Handful of cilantro, roughly chopped
• Juice of ½ lime
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• ¼ jalapeño, minced
• ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
• ¼ teaspoon cumin
• Pinch of salt and pepper
• 2 – 4 Tbsp. low-fat Greek yogurt

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease an 8×8 glass baking dish with olive oil or coconut oil.
2. Place all ingredients for the meatballs into a bowl and use your hands to mix the mixture together.
3. Using a cookie scoop, scoop out each meatballs and form into balls. This should make about 18 small meatballs.
4. Place each meatball into the greased baking dish, side by side. It’s ok if they are touching. Put in oven to bake for 20-25 minutes.
5. While the meatballs cook, create the dipping sauce by placing everything for the sauce into a food processor. Puree until smooth.
6. Dip meatballs into the sauce.