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Beef and beetroot rissoles with bean and avocado salad

Ingredients

  • 0.5 red onion small
  • 0.5 raw beetroot small
  • 1 garlic clove
  • 1 small handful flat-leaf parsley
  • 90 g cooked quinoa
  • 0.5 tsp paprika
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp olive oil

Salad

  • 200 g green beans
  • 1 small handful of parsley
  • 1 avocado
  • 0.5 small red chilli
  • 0.5 lemon
  • 1 bag of wild rocket leaves

To serve

  • Low fat Greek natural yogurt

Method

  • Prepare the vegetables and garlic: (Peel the onion and finely dice, peel top and tail the beetroot and grate, peel the garlic and crush, chop the parsley)
  • Place the mince in a large mixing bowl.
  • Add the onion, beetroot, garlic and parsley, cooked quinoa and paprika.
  • Crack the egg in a small bowl and beat. Add half to the mince.
  • Mix the ingredients together thoroughly. Add more egg if needed.
  • Divide the mince into 12 equal size balls and place on a separate chopping board (ideally red). Flatten slightly to make rissoles, remember to wash your hands thoroughly after handling raw meat.
  • Heat the olive oil in a frying pan.
  • Place the rissoles in the frying pan and cook for 3-4 minutes on each side until cooked all the way through.
  • While the rissoles are cooking, prepare the salad using a clean chopping board and equipment: ( Top and tail the green beans and cut them in half, chop the parsley, cut the avocado in half and remove the stone using a spoon, peel and chop the flesh into cubes, remove the top of the chilli and cut in half, discard the seeds and slice finely, juice the lemon )
  • Bring a saucepan of water to the boil and add the green beans. Cook for 2 minutes.
  • Place the parsley, avocado, chilli and lemon juice in a bowl with the rocket.
  • Drain the green beans and rinse under cold water to cool. Add to the bowl.
  • Mix well.
  • Place the salad onto plates and drizzle a little of the Greek yogurt on top.
  • Remove the rissoles from the frying pan and place on top of the salad.