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Sheet Pan Dinner BBQ Meatballs & Fresh Green Goddess Sauce

Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Total Time40 minutes
Course: Dinner
Cuisine: American
Keyword: 30 minute meals, bbq meatball recipe, bbq recipes, dairy free dinner ideas, gluten free dinner ideas, healthy dinner bowl sauce recipe, healthy dinner ideas, summer dinner ideas, weeknight dinner ideas
Servings: 6
Author: Renee Kohley - Raising Generation Nourished

Ingredients

For the Fresh Green Goddess Sauce:

  • 1 avocado pitted
  • 1/2 yogurt, Greek yogurt, or yogurt alternative
  • Juice of 1 lime
  • clove of garlic peeled
  • 3/4 tsp sea salt
  • 1/2 cup fresh parsley
  • 1/2 cup fresh cilantro
  • 2-3 stalks of green onion
  • 1/4-1/2 cup water to thin the sauce to your consistency preference

For the Sheet Pan BBQ Meatball Dinner Veggies:

  • 2-3 tbsp olive oil
  • 2-3 lbs sweet potatoes 1/2 inch cube
  • 1 red onion sliced into strips
  • 1 large head of broccoli florets
  • Sea salt and pepper to taste

For the Sheet Pan BBQ Meatballs:

  • 1/2 cup breadcrumbs of choice See Notes for ideas
  • 1/2 cup bbq sauce of choice See Notes for ideas
  • 2 lbs grassfed ground beef

Instructions

Make the Fresh Green Goddess Sauce:

  • Put all of the sauce ingredients into a food processor or bullet blender, and blend to the consistency you like. You can puree all the way through until it is super smooth, or leave some bites and herb speckles.

Start the sheet pan sweet potatoes:

  • Pre-heat the oven to 425 degrees. If you have an air fry setting on the oven (my favorite!) you can use that setting at 425 degrees and just cook dinner for less time!
  • The sweet potatoes and onions will take longer to cook than the broccoli and meatballs. It is nice to get those into the oven, so that while they bake, you can make the meatballs to save prep time.
  • Toss the sweet potatoes and onions with olive oil, sea salt, and pepper.
  • Roast the sweet potatoes and onions for 15 minutes while you prepare the meatballs.

Make the BBQ meatballs:

  • Gently mix all of the BBQ meatball ingredients in a large mixing bowl.
  • Roll up 1-2 inch meatballs, placing each meatball on a parchment paper lined baking sheet. I like to use a small cookie scoop to get even meatballs.

Finish the BBQ Meatball Dinner:

  • Once the sweet potatoes have roasted for 15 minutes, take them out of the oven, and stir the broccoli in with the sweet potatoes and onions.
  • Return the veggie sheet tray to the oven, along with the sheet tray of meatballs. Roast everything at 425 degrees for 15-20 minutes until the meatballs are cooked through. I like to place the meatballs under the broiler to get some color shortly before they are done cooking.

Serving the BBQ Meatball Dinner:

  • To serve the BBQ meatball dinner, assemble bowls of the veggies with meatballs on top, a drizzle (or more!) of the Fresh Green Goddess Sauce, and chopped fresh herbs. If you have growing kids and athletes, making this a rice bowl is a smart idea to get more needed carbs in.

Notes

  • I just used simple sweet potatoes and broccoli here, but this can absolutely be changed up to your veggie preference. Using regular potatoes is delicious too, and we change it up to squash in the fall and winter. You can also change the broccoli to use asparagus in the spring, zucchini in the summer, and even cabbage shreds are delicious.