Herbed Meatballs in Tomato Sauce with Cauli-Rice
Homemade meatballs that use coconut flour as a binder get simmered in a hearty tomato sauce and served on a bed of cauliflower rice.
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Ingredients
Sauce
- 1 tbsp ghee
- ½ cup chopped yellow onion
- ½ cup diced carrot
- ½ cup diced celery
- 2 cups sliced white mushrooms
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 tsp dried oregano
- 1 tsp each paprika and red pepper flakes
- ¾ tsp sea salt
- ¼ tsp ground black pepper
- 1 28-oz BPA-free can diced tomatoes with juices
- 3 tbsp unsalted tomato paste
- ¼ cup chopped fresh basil
Meatballs
- 1½ lb lean ground beef
- 1 large egg
- ¼ cup coconut flour
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tsp dried parsley
- ½ tsp dried oregano
- ½ tsp sea salt
- ½ black pepper
Cauli-rice
- 1 head cauliflower, florets and stems roughly diced
- 1 tbsp ghee
- ¼ tsp sea salt
Preparation
- Prepare sauce: In a large skillet on medium, melt ghee. Add onion and sauté until golden, 5 minutes. Add carrot, celery, mushrooms, garlic, oregano, paprika, pepper flakes, salt and black pepper; sauté 5 minutes. Add diced tomatoes with liquid, tomato paste and ½ cup water; increase heat and bring to a boil for 1 minute. Reduce heat and simmer 20 minutes, uncovered.
- Meanwhile, make meatballs: In a large bowl, combine meatball ingredients. Form about 2 heaping tbsp of mixture into each meatball, making about 20 meatballs.
- Add meatballs to skillet with sauce and simmer until meatballs are cooked through, 15 to 20 minutes.
- Meanwhile, make cauli-rice: Pulse cauliflower in a food processor to rice-sized pieces. In a medium skillet on medium, melt ghee. Add cauli-rice and sauté 5 minutes. Add ¼ cup water and salt, cover and cook until tender, about 4 minutes.
- Stir basil into tomato sauce. To serve, divide cauli-rice among plates. Top each serving with sauce and meatballs.
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Nutrition Information
- Serving Size ¼ of recipe
- Calories 535
- Carbohydrate Content 29 g
- Cholesterol Content 177 mg
- Fat Content 27 g
- Fiber Content 9 g
- Protein Content 43 g
- Saturated Fat Content 12 g
- Sodium Content 960 mg
- Sugar Content 13 g
- Monounsaturated Fat Content 10 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat Content 1 g