Whether you prefer your meatballs baked or fried, my low carb meatballs recipe produces the best Italian meatballs which are tender just like mom’s. Gluten-free and great for keto diets, too.#glutenfree #paleo #keto #makeahead #mealprep
Over bed of zucchini noodles, add meatballs and sauce. Top with sprinkle of grated cheese (parmesan, mozzarella or both).
Ingredients
2lbs ground beef or ground beef and pork mix
1/2 shreddedmozzarella cheese
1/2cupgrated parmesan
1egg beaten
2garliccloves, minced
1/4cup fresh parsley or 1 tsp dried parsley
1/4cupfresh basil or 1 tsp dried basil
1tbspfresh minced oregano or 1/2 tsp dried oregano
1tbspfresh rosemary, finely minced, or 1/4 tsp driedrosemary
1tbspfresh thyme or 1/4 tsp dried thyme
1/4cup60 ml / 2 fl oz olive oil
2drops each doTERRA essential oils: Basil, Oregano,Rosemary, Thyme & Lemon
fine sea salt
ground black pepper
Keto Marinara Sauce
228oz cans tomatoes
3tbsp tomato paste
½ onion minced
1 bay leaf
Instructions
Whisk olive oil, salt and pepper, and essentialoils together, set aside
With your hands, mix in a large mixing bowl theground meat, egg, mozzarella, parmesan, garlic and olive oil mixture. Add herbs and combine until everything iswell mixed but don’t crush the fresh herbs.
Form meatballs into 1 ½ inch balls and place onbaking sheet or large platter
Heat a large skillet to medium with a drizzle ofolive oil to coat the pan. Working inbatches, brown the meatballs on all sides for about 2 min.
Place the meatballs into the slow cooker.
In small bowl combine tomatoes and paste andonion. Slow stir the sauce in the slowcooker to cover the meatballs.
Cook for 3 to 4 hours until cooked through.
Stir in the Keto sauce to cover
Notes
Meatballs can be made ahead and formed until ready to cook. The cooked meatballs also store & re-heat well.