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6.12.14

Italian Style Meatballs over Caramelized Onions and Sweet Potatoes

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A 30 minute and done meal with everything you need. Starchy veggies, greens, meatballs and flavor. Before I get into it though I need to tell SOMEONE (that means you) that I just signed up for my first trail race, in August, and it’s 10 miles. You might remember I was race window shopping and I realized I wasn’t finding anything exciting and so, decided to take the road less traveled by (or no road at all) and sign up for this which is by all means a stretch for me and a far cry from my comfort zone. Which of course is why I signed up.

As I was putting my credit card number in I couldn’t help but envision myself in a muddy ditch, alone, or even better, with lots of experienced trail runners pointing and laughing at me. Most of my greatest life experiences begin with similar visions so I guess I’ll take that as a sign that this is a good idea. And that maybe I should find some trails around here and start visiting them once a week. Okay I’m actually just as excited as I am humbled and freaked out. Yay!

Moving on to the recipe!

This dish was an experiment (okay they all are surprise surprise) and I basically wanted some sort of meatball casserole type thing with sweet potatoes, since I love meatballs and sweet potatoes together. I found that with the spices I used it has sort of a pizza like flavor but wasn’t spicy or overpowering to the sweet potatoes. Use whatever spices and amounts appeal to you!

Ingredients

For the Meatballs:

  1. 1.5 lbs meatloaf mix (ground veal, pork, and beef) or ground meat of choice
  2. 1 egg
  3. 2 tsp garlic powder
  4. 1 tsp salt

  5. 1 tbsp dried oregano

  6. 2 tsp dried basil

  7. dash cayenne pepper

For the onion/sweet potato mixture

  1. 1 med onion, cut in quarters and thin sliced
  • 1 sweet potato, peeled and cut into 1/2 inch cubes
  • 1 14oz can no salt added diced tomatoes, drained

  • Large handful fresh spinach, chopped

  • 2 tbsp ghee

  • 1 tsp dried basil

  • 1 tsp dried oregano

  • salt and pepper to taste

  • Directions

    1. Preheat your oven to 400 degrees. In a large sautee pan, heat your ghee over med-low heat. Add sliced onions and toss to coat.
  • While the onions start to soften, mix all your meatball ingredients together in a large bowl until totally combined. Grease a large baking dish and form the mix into 9 meatballs and arrange them in the baking dish. Bake them in the preheated oven 20-25 minutes.
  • Once the onions have softened and are fragrent, turn the heat to medium, add the sweet potato chunks to the pan and stir to coat. Cover the pan to allow them to soften, stirring occasionally. Adjust the heat if necessary.

  • When the onions and sweet potatoes are toasty and browned after about 15 minutes, add the drained diced tomatoes, chopped spinach, spices, salt and pepper and stir to combine. Let the mixture heat through and then turn the heat down to let it simmer.

  • When the meatballs are done (no pink inside), add them one by one to the pan on top of the veggie mixture. You are done!

  • Now wasn’t that easy? What do YOU like to eat with your meatballs? (Please don’t say spaghetti. I know you wanna say spaghetti!)

     

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    More than a little into running and paleo recipes (yoga now too!) but I'm not here to rain on your grains (or anything else) so come along for the ride! I do a little too much of everything (except cleaning), and I enjoy laughing at myself. As long as I'm the one making the jokes, that is. Just kidding. So bring me your angst, your appetite and your frying pan and climb aboard!

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    1. Dayana says

      June 12, 2014 at 8:40 am

      That looks too good!!!
      I’ll try it this weekend. Good luck on your trail race.

      Reply
      • Michele says

        June 12, 2014 at 4:18 pm

        Cool hope it comes out good!

        Reply
    2. txa1265 says

      June 12, 2014 at 11:19 am

      Awesome signing up for the trail race! It is always good stepping outside of your comfort zone – and funny how we think that people will laugh at us … when in reality we know that runners are always amazing and supportive and if you DO fall someone will be there to help, not laugh!

      Great recipe – and yeah, I DO love my occasional spaghetti! Also love making ground beef stuffed eggplant … mmmmm

      Reply
      • Michele says

        June 12, 2014 at 4:20 pm

        I am going to do something with ground beef, sausage and eggplant tonight. Plus some tomatoes. We’ll see. Trail race is a definite leap for me but I’ve been thinking about it for a while so might as well!

        Reply
    3. Natalie @ Twenty-Something Talk says

      June 12, 2014 at 3:25 pm

      I am all about the sweet potatos lately, I just can’t get enought!

      So cool about your trail race! I have yet to run one, just because Dallas area does have a ton of real “trails” but they look like a blast. Ten miles is a great distance too!

      Reply
      • Michele says

        June 12, 2014 at 4:24 pm

        Sweet potatoes are easy and go with everything so I never tire of them 🙂 I’m excited for the trail race but need at least a few runs on trails to feel like I can do it!

        Reply
    4. dawn @ running the dawn says

      June 12, 2014 at 4:44 pm

      yay for trails! picture me jealously wishing i didn’t live in florida…

      Reply
      • Michele says

        June 13, 2014 at 9:18 am

        Funny because I don’t even know where the trails are around here although I know they exist! Does Florida really not have trails?

        Reply
    5. Lisa @ Running Out Of Wine says

      June 12, 2014 at 8:01 pm

      Congrats about signing up for that race! That sounds like it will be a fun experience.
      Your recipe looks awesome! I usually eat my meatballs with penne:) But i am open to trying this, because it sounds amazing!

      Reply
      • Michele says

        June 13, 2014 at 9:17 am

        The trail race will be something totally different which works for summer I think. You could always put some penne on the side just in case 🙂

        Reply
    6. cottercrunch says

      June 13, 2014 at 7:47 am

      i love meatballs! like a lot! i mean, who doesn’t right!? come feed me

      Reply
      • Michele says

        June 13, 2014 at 9:15 am

        Right? Meatballs ARE the best and I need to work on some new flavors!

        Reply
    7. Polly - TastyFoodProject.com says

      June 13, 2014 at 12:53 pm

      Good luck with your trail race!

      I love meatballs! They are so fun and easy to make. These look delicious!

      Reply
      • Michele says

        June 13, 2014 at 7:05 pm

        Hope you try 🙂

        Reply
    8. Samara @ Kor Fit & Living Well says

      June 15, 2014 at 1:15 pm

      Yummy, this looks good and a great quick dinner to whip up for the fam! I look forward to trying it out. Thanks!

      Reply
      • Michele says

        June 16, 2014 at 12:35 pm

        Great! Hope you like it!

        Reply

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