My appetite has been out of control lately. Not sure what’s sparked it, but I needed something hearty last night that would also give plenty of leftovers, so I did a little Googling for meatballs, and came across this post at EverydayPaleo.com (recipe repeated below). I made the meatballs to order, but I also cooked up some spaghetti squash which is an awesome, primal friendly replacement for the noodles.
Garden Fresh Meatballs (via EverydayPaleo.com
1.5 lbs ground turkey
1 lb grass fed ground beef
2 zucchinis
1 yam
2 big handfuls spinach
1 12 ounce jar of roasted red peppers
2 cloves garlic
Sea salt and cracked black pepper to taste
2 eggs
1/4 to 1/3 cup almond meal
“Grate zucchini and sweet potato. In a food processor, finely mince spinach, roasted red peppers, and garlic. Hand mix all ingredients and form into meatballs (I made mine a little bigger then golf ball size). Bake at 375 in a large baking dish tightly covered with foil for 40-45 minutes. Makes 20-25 meatballs”
Spaghetti Squash Noodles 1 Spaghetti Squash
Halve the squash lengthwise (a recently sharpened knife is handy here). Clean out the guts like you would a pumpkin. Cook each halve in the microwave for 6 - 8 min. When a fork can easily scrape the innards of the squash without much effort, you know it’s done. Gently scrape the “noodles” out of the squash. Top with meatballs and dig in!
I got 30 meatballs out of this recipe, all of which were bigger than a golfball. I might go all buffalo/beef next time. The addition of the spaghetti squash added to the heartiness. I didn’t put any sauce on these and they were delish, but a marinara would be good as well.
