Meat balls and rice in tomato basil sauce

looks average but delish

This one is also known as porcupines.  It so funny, I have been calling it porky pine meatballs and did not realise until today that it was actually named after the animal porcupine with little rice spines.  Haha geez I can be an idiot sometimes. 

Anyway, so you add the rice to mince meat and some other ingredients.  It is really delicious especially if you bake it in tomato soup.  I did not have tomato soup so have used tomato pasta sauce.  Thanks to Dave the absolute ledend who lives next door who opened the jar.  Also ingredients, you can really add any vegetable to it as well.

With this recipe I have also added some fresh herbs from my yoga centre's garden which will give it a lovely flavour.

Ingredients

• 500 grams mince meat
• 1 cup rice
• 1 tin tomato soup or a jar of tomato pasta sauce
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 egg
• 1 large carrot - shredded
• 1 large zucchini - shredded
• 1 large brown onion - diced
• 1 hand full of herbs - basil, oregano, parsley, also some mint - break it up into pieces
• 1/2 cup water

Instructions 

1. Preheat your overn to 180 degrees celcius. 
2. Add all of your ingredients into a bowl and mix together.   
3. Roll into meat balls approximately 5cm in size and put in a casserole dish.   
4. Combine your water and pasta sauce then pour over the top of the meatballs. 
5. Bake for one hour.   

Serve with mash potato and peas or whatever vegetables take your fancy.

Enjoy!