Herbed Meatballs in Tomato Sauce

By debrcovey

Ingredients

• Sauce
• 1 Tbsp ghee
• 1/2 cup chopped yellow onion
• 1/2 cup diced carrot
• 1/2 cup diced celery
• 2 cups sliced mushrooms
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 tsp oregano
• 1 tsp each paprika and red pepper flakes
• 3/4 tsp sea salt
• 1/4 tsp black pepper
• 1 28 ox can diced tomatoes
• 3 Tbsp tomato paste
• 1/4 cup chopped basil
• MEATBALLS
• 1/2 lb ground beef
• 1 large egg
• 1/4 cup coconut flour
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 tsp parley
• 1/2 tsp oregano, sea salt and pepper
• CAULI-RICE
• 1 head cauliflower, roughly diced
• 1 Tbsp ghee
• 1/4 tsp sea salt

Preparation

Step 1

Prepare sauce. In a large skillet on medium, melt ghee. Add onion and saute. Add carrot, celery, mushrooms, garlic, oregano, paprika, pepper flakes, salt and black pepper; saute 5 minutes. Add diced tomatoes with liquid, tomato paste and 1/2 cup water. Bring to a boil for 1 minute. Reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes, uncovered.
Meanwhile, make meatballs. in large bowl, combine meatball ingredients. Form about 2 Tbsp mixture into each meatball, makes about 20.
Add meatballs to skillet with sauce and simmer util meatballs are cooked through, 15 to 20 minutes.
Make cauli-rice. Pulse cauliflower in food processor to rice sized pieces. In a medium skillet, met ghee. Add cauli-rice and saute 5 min. Add 1/4 cup water and salt. Cover and cook until tender...about 4 min
Stir basil into tomato sauce.

Makes 4 servings.