Garden Fresh Meatballs
Posted on February 18, 2010 by Sarah in Dinner, Food, Lunch, News | 11 Comments
These meatballs are a great spin on the classic meatball – no need for sauce with these and they are full of fresh garden flavors! I just made them this morning for the kids to have for dinner and I packed a few for myself to take with me to they gym… Enjoy!
Garden Fresh Meatballs
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
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just wanted to say I have tried many of your recipes and they have all turned out pefectly and deliscious !! I am very surprised how easy I am finding it to stick to this new life style , way of eating … thanks so much
Made these last night. They were great! Made some of them big like a burger patty and the rest I put in a regular size muffin tin. They are the perfect size to stick in the kids’ lunches.
Those look awesome!!!!
I must say, I LOVE every recipe of yours that I have made. They are fun, flavorful and satisfying. I have wonderful memories of making cookies with my mom. I don’t have kids yet, but as I rolled these meatballs, I thought that this would be a great Paleo tradition to start with my kids (when I have them =). Thanks for all the tips about Paleo parenting too. If you ever have a spare moment, you should consider compiling all of these recipes into a cookbook.
Thanks Johanna! I’m glad you’re enjoying the blog, and as far as cookbook or the like, there just might be something in the works….
Love the blog, keep it going.
I made up the meat balls this evening, but couldn’t wait so pan fried the big hunk in the bowl in bacon fat and served it up with steamed chard. Yummy! Now i just have to wait for the balls in the oven to finish, they will be lunch tomorrow.
Mahalo
Hi Sarah, what a great web site! It’s nice to see so many good ideas put in practice.
I’m also a mum and CrossFit coach keeping a paleo blog. Here in Switzerland we’re just coming to the end of our 6 weeks Paleo Challenge and everybody’s doing so well on it that they will keep going paleo. As for myself I have 2 boys of 2 and 4 that adore paleo foods. The problem is that we haven’t convinced the grand parents on my husband side yet. So when my kids go to them it’s like a gluten/sugar feast each time. Well, the rest of the time they eat the good food so I guess it’s ok. As for my mum and my sister they’re on it for good.
I’ll link your web site on ours to give more ideas to our viewers.
Thanks for charing with us.
Cheers
Olga
Thanks Olga!! I would be happy to have you put a link up to my site, that would be wonderful!! Congrats on the success of the paleo challenge and good luck with the little ones! : )
Are spinach leaves okay?
Yes on the spinach leaves and whatever else you want to throw in!
[...] I’ve made these meatballs several times with various veggies and various ground meats (lamb is my favorite!). They are so good, they don’t even need a sauce and are awesome reheated in a skillet with a little oil. I usually make the meatballs the night before I’m going to eat them, leave them in the fridge and then pop them in the oven when I get home from my workout. This is another tremendous and simple concoction from Everyday Paleo. [...]