Do you know who the ‘Mousekateers’ were?  Ask mum or dad to tell you and then have some fun cooking these delicious Mouse-Carrot-Ears!

500g beef mince
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 cup breadcrumbs
1 small onion, grated
1 zucchini, grated
1 carrot, grated
2 tbs tomato sauce
Salt and pepper
Vegetable oil
1 carrot, sliced
Chives or spring onions
Coriander seeds or peas

Method:

• Wash hands.
• In a bowl, combine the mince, breadcrumbs, onion, zucchini and grated carrot.
• Add the egg and the tomato sauce.  Season with salt and pepper.
• Use your clean hands to really mash everything together.
• Use a small icecream scoop to spoon out balls of mince into your hand and then roll it into a neat mouse body.
• Continue with the remaining meat mixture.
• Heat the oil in a frying pan and cook the meatballs, turning them occasionally so that all sides are brown. Drain them on paper towel.
• Use the discs of sliced carrots to give the mice ears and use the chives or spring onions for a tail.
• Add coriander seeds or green peas as eyes.
• Serve the meatballs hot or cold with tomato sauce.  Don’t forget a bed of lettuce for the mice to sit on and perhaps a few squares of cheese.

Eat Occasionally