Paleo Meatballs

The fall season brings out the best of me  and my kitchen skills. I'm not a chef but I love to cook. I've been doing the whole foods Paleo thing for a few months now and I'm loving the way it makes me feel. I feel like I have a lot of energy and not feeling bloated at all. I feel great. I really do believe in eating food that comes from the "source" a.k.a our planet. I've reduced tremendously on buying packaged stuff like snacks (i.e chips, crackers, etc.) That has always been a staple to have around the house for an "easy" snack choice for me and the kids. Now we don't need it and snack on things such as hummus with vegetables and fruit. My kids love it and ask for those things now instead of all that other junk!

So now that I'm on my Paleo kick, I love coming up with stuff and using fresh herbs with vegetables and of course 100% GrassFed Organic Meats!

Ingredients:

1 lb grass-fed ground beef

1 lb Ground pork (sub with turkey if you don't eat pork)

1/2 medium onion, finely chopped

3 garlic cloves, minced

1/4 cup fresh Parsley

1/4 cup Almond Meal

2 tbsp Coconut flour

1 tsp fresh oregano (dried works too)

1/2 tsp sea salt

1/2 tsp White pepper (or black pepper)

1/2 tsp fresh basil (dried works too)

Pinch of rosemary 

2tbsp coconut oil

1/2 cup marina sauce (make sure it doesn't have sugar added to it)

Directions:

1. Mix all ingredients into a medium bowl and roll into balls.

2. In large skillet, on medium-high, warm coconut oil

3.Cook meatballs until brown on all sides

4. Turn the heat to low and add marina sauce (careful it splashes!) heat for about 5 minutes until everything is nice and heated.

Directions for Zucchini Noodles:

1. Spiral Fresh zucchini, if you don't have a spiralizer then peeling it with peeler will work (just be wider strands)

2. sprinkle some salt on zucchini to get it to "sweat"

3. With cloth or paper towel pat the "noodles" to dry them as much as possible (they retain a lot of water)

4. Once zucchini is as dry, add to skillet with coconut oil and sauté it for about 5 min on medium heat.

5. Serve with meatballs and marinara on top.

Enjoy! Toni