Sheet Tray Herbed Lamb Meatballs with Squash

Ingredients

• 1 butternut squash, peeled and cut into small chunks
• 1 head of garlic, sliced into half
• 1 red onion, sliced in half then quartered lengthwise
• 1/3 cup extra virgin olive 
• 2 lbs ground lamb
• 3 cloves of garlic, finely chopped 
• 1 1/2 panko breadcrumbs 
• 3 eggs
• 1/2 cup freshly chopped dill, plus more to garnish
• 1/2 freshly chopped cup parsley, plus more to garnish
• 1/2 tsp ground cumin
• 1 tsp paprika 
• 1 tsp ground coriander seed 
• 1 tsp turmeric 
• 2 tablespoon of Olive oil- to drizzle over meatballs 
• Kosher salt and cracked black pepper to season plus more kosher salt to sprinkle on top of balls
• serve with tzatziki or garlicky tahini

Tzatziki

• 1 cup of plain full fat Greek yogurt
• 1 Persian cucumber, grated (if you can’t find Persian cucumbers you can substitute with a ¼ English cucumber) and squeezed so all the juice comes out. I use my hands for this.
• 1 tbsp of fresh dill, finely chopped
• 2 tsp of fresh lemon juice or a half a lemon squeezed
• 1 small garlic clove, grated
• 1 tsp kosher salt