Coconut Turkey Fire Balls

It's been a cool minute since I've posted on the blog. Working more hours this summer, trying to cram in social time and keeping up at the gym have kept me pretty occupied. By the time I get home from work, I don't want to do much but sit on the couch with my blanket and Netflix.

That being said, I don't want to spend ridiculous amounts of time in the kitchen cooking dinner after a 10 hour day. I'm always on the lookout for easy recipes to throw together that not only taste delicious, but that won't make me feel like trash.

I got this recipe from a friend at work who is currently doing the Whole 30 - if you haven't heard of it I suggest you do a little research, she's had great results. While I myself am NOT doing the Whole 30, after trying her lunch one day and hearing how easy the recipe was, I decided to give it a try.

What you'll need:

1 lb of ground turkey

Coconut shavings

Cayenne pepper

Garlic seasoning

Jalapeno (if desired)

Pineapple juice

Coconut milk

1 egg

Creating the balls

1. Heat a frying pan on low to toast coconut shavings to a crisp, light brown. Put on a large plate to cool.

2. Mix 1 egg, 1 cup of crushed pineapple with juice, and coconut milk in a small bowl.

3. In a separate larger bowl, combine thawed ground turkey, finely chopped jalapeno, cayenne pepper and garlic seasoning. It's easiest to just mush it all together with your (clean!) hands.

4. After prepping a baking sheet, set the oven to 350 F. Or if you're better prepared than I am, you can do this before step 1 to really get the ball rolling. (;

5. Set up a mini assembly line starting with forming little balls with the ground turkey mix, dipping them in the pineapple juice concoction, rolling them in the toasted coconut shavings, and placing on baking sheet. Repeat until all ground turkey is balled and used. Drizzle remainder of pineapple concoction on top and dash with cayenne pepper if ya like it spicy. 

6. Time to get 'em in the oven! Set timer to 25 min, check progress, and cook longer if needed. Trial and error people.

7. After fully cooked, I tossed 2 on a plate with 1 tbsp of soy sauce and it was a match made in heaven! There are many different sauce alternatives to choose from depending on your personal taste preference.

I'm a simple gal, so I paired mine with some baby carrots and a Greek yogurt, ranch inspired veggie dip. Easy peasy. Feel free to tweak the mix to your own desire.

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That's what's in my jar.