Name: Slow cooker meatballs
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 5 h
Total time: 6 h
Yield: 5
Ingredients: 1 tbsp rapeseed oil; 1 onion finely chopped; 2 carrots finely diced; 2 celery sticks finely diced; 2 garlic cloves thinly sliced; 500g carton tomato passata; 2 tbsp chopped parsley; 400g lean mince turkey; 4 tbsp porridge oats; pinch paprika; 1 garlic clove crushed; spray of oil

A plate serving slow cooker meatballs with spaghetti

1 tbsp rapeseed oil
1 onion
finely chopped
2 carrots
finely diced
2 celery sticks
finely diced
2 garlic cloves
thinly sliced
500g carton tomato passata
2 tbsp chopped parsley

For the meatballs

400g lean mince turkey
4 tbsp porridge
oats
pinch paprika
1 garlic clove
crushed
spray of oil

Method

step 1
Heat the slow cooker if necessary. Heat the oil in a non-stick frying pan and add the onion, carrots, celery and garlic and fry gently for a minute. Pour in the passata, add the parsley and stir, then transfer the lot to the slow cooker.
step 2
To make the meatballs, tip the mince into a large bowl. Add the oats, paprika, garlic and plenty of black pepper, and mix everything together with your hands. Divide the mixture into 20 lumps about the size of a walnut and roll each piece into a meatball. Spray or run a non-stick pan with a little oil and gently cook the meatballs until they start to brown. Add them to the tomato base and cook on Low for 5 hours. Serve over rice or pasta if you like, or with a green salad.