Meatballs are one of my favorite meals to make.
It makes me feel very Betty Crocker. Like I have it all put together and am not always behind in domestic duties.
I can get a substantial meal on the table with little effort, and this one’s an easy way to pack a meal full of veggies without serving 6 side dishes. Throw a salad together or cook up some peas and call it done.
Who wants to dirty a bunch of extra dishes? Not this mama.
Sanity Saving Trick
I prepare and cook all of my family’s meals and snacks. Yeah, I know.
It can get exhausting, but I’m finally learning shortcuts that make it possible with 2 busy businesses, training as a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, and homeschooling my almost-5-year-old.
The key has been picking up a copy of this book.
It guides me through bulk cooking in 2 hour stints (the author is a single mom with 2 little ones at home), lays out the recipes and shopping list, and shares tips on freezing things properly to keep them edible.
It’s actually pretty exciting watching my fridge fill up with meals for the week and my freezer is being stocked with grain-free meals that we can safely eat at the same time.
It’s also pretty awesome to no longer be throwing away half of the groceries that we buy each week because they go back before I can cook them.
Ahem.
Hello, my name is Jennifer and I am domestically challenged.
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Now go make my meatballs.
Primal Meatballs with Onion Gravy (egg-free)
Ingredients
Meatballs
- 3 lbs ground beef, preferably grass-fed and pastured
- 2 medium carrots
- 2 medium zucchini
- 1 inch of daikon (white Japanese radish)
- 1 clove garlic
- 1 Tablespoon unrefined salt
- 1 teaspoon grilling herbs or herb mixture of your choice
- extra salt for dusting
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Onion Gravy
- 2 cups beef broth, previously prepared
- 1/4 cup sliced onions
- unrefined salt to taste
Instructions
Meatballs
- Preheat over to 400 degrees F.
- Wash and prepare vegetables.
- Run carrots, zucchini, and daikon through grater plate on food processor or grate by hand.
- Dice garlic clove and add to vegetables.
- Squeeze vegetables through clean kitchen towel or cheesecloth to remove extra moisture.
- Return to bowl and add salt and herbs.
- Mix until thoroughly combined.
- Add ground beef and mix with fingers until thoroughly combined.
- Roll into 1 1/4 inch balls and place on baking sheet.
- Bake at 400 degrees F for 30 minutes or until brown and juices run clear.
- Dust a layer of unrefined salt over meatballs just before serving for best flavor.
Onion Gravy
- Slice onions in food processor with slicing plate or by hand.
- Add beef broth and onions to saucepan and reduce by half. Will still be liquid but thick and flavorful.
- Spoon over meatballs before serving.
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This post was shared at Paleo AIP Recipe Roundtable.
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10 Responses
Will the onion gravy / meatball combination still taste good if I use chicken broth instead of beef broth? I usually have chicken bone broth on hand, but not beef bone broth. Thanks.
I think it would be great!
These meatballs look awesome! Is there a way to freeze them? Would you freeze them before or after baking? If they are freezable, I would make 100 of them in one go!
They freeze beautifully. Once they are fully cooked and cooled to room temp, put them on a cookie sheet or sheet pan. Leave enough distance between them that the cold air can circulate. Then, pop them in the freezer overnight uncovered. In the morning, pop them in freezer bags or storage containers for long-term storage and just heat before serving.
These look and sound amazing! Will definitely be adding these to my recipe list. Can’t wait to try soon. 😀
Hi Jennifer. This recipe looks delicious AND it fits the paleo autoimmune protocol (a rare thing). So, thank you! I recently started a weekly Paleo AIP Recipe Roundtable through my blog, and I would love it if you linked up this recipe. I’m trying to expand resources for the AIP community. Here’s the link: http://www.phoenixhelix.com/2014/02/12/paleo-aip-recipe-roundtable-14/
Thanks Eileen! I’ll be happy to pop over and share it.