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I love Greek and Mediterranean food. There are quite a few recipes inspired by Greek cuisine on my blog! Melitzanosalata (Greek Eggplant Salad), Lamb Souvlaki (Greek Lamb Skewers) and many more.
The truth is, I wouldn't be able to try some of the best Greek recipes if it wasn't for my fiancé who comes from Greece. This recipe is inspired by Soutzoukakia - meatballs cooked in rich tomato sauce.
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Chia seeds are used for thickening the sauce. You don't have to use them if you don't mid the sauce runny, or you can use 1/2 tsp xanthan gum instead. Keep in mind that xanthan gum is not considered paleo-friendly. You can use any other oil suitable from high-heat cooking.
Hands-on Overall
Nutritional values (per serving, 5 meatballs + sauce + 1 zucchini)
Net carbs8.8 grams
Protein28.6 grams
Fat40.2 grams
Calories530 kcal
Calories from carbs 7%, protein 22%, fat 71%
Total carbs14.2 gramsFiber5.4 gramsSugars7.1 gramsSaturated fat19.6 gramsSodium746 mg(32% RDA)Magnesium105 mg(26% RDA)Potassium1,111 mg(56% EMR)
Ingredients (makes 4 servings)
Meatballs:
- 500 g ground lamb or beef (1.1 lb)
- 1 large egg
- 1/4 cup coconut flour (30 g/ 1.1 oz)
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/2 chopped small white onion (35 g/ 1.3 oz)
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- small bunch of fresh parsley
- 1 tbsp fresh oregano or 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1 tbsp ghee, lard or virgin coconut oil
- 1/4 tsp sea salt, or to taste
Sauce:
- 1/2 chopped small white onion (35 g/ 1.3 oz)
- 2 tomatoes, chopped (240 g/ 8.7 oz)
- 1 cup vegetable stock or bone broth (240 ml/ 8 fl oz)
- 2 tbsp unsweetened tomato purée (30 g/ 1.1 oz)
- 1/4 cup pitted kalamata olives or other olives (50 g/ 1.8 oz)
- 1 tbsp ground chia seeds (8 g/ 0.3 oz)
- 1 tbsp ghee, lard or virgin coconut oil
- 1/4 tsp sea salt, or to taste
- Optional: 1 package feta cheese (100 g/ 3.5 oz)
- 4 small zucchini, sliced using a julienne peeler or vegetable spiralizer (600 g/ 1.3 lb)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200 °C/ 400 °F (fan assisted), or 220 °C/ 425 °F (conventional). Wash and chop the herbs and mash the garlic. Finely chop the onion and place half of it in a separate bowl.
- Place the meat, egg, cumin, mashed garlic, chopped herbs, half of the onion, salt and coconut flour into a bowl and mix well using your hands.
- Create about 20 small meatballs (about 31 g/ 1.1 oz each) and place them in a cast iron skillet or on a baking sheet greased with half of the ghee or coconut oil. Place in the oven and cook for 20-25 minutes.
- Meanwhile, prepare the tomato sauce. Roughly chop the tomatoes and drain the olives.
- Grease a pan with the rest of the ghee or coconut oil, add the remaining onion and cook until slightly browned.
- Add the chopped tomatoes, tomato purée, vegetable stock (or bone broth) and season with salt. Cook for about 5 minutes.
- Add the ground chia seeds for thickening the sauce and mix in well.
- Add the kalamata olives and stir in well. Take off the heat.
- When the meatballs are done, remove from the oven.
- Add the tomato sauce and cook for 5 more minutes.
- When done, serve with zucchini noodles aka "zoodles" briefly fooked for 2-5 minutes (I use this spiralizer to make them). I also recommend you check Mellissa's website The Clothes Make The Girl. She has revealed the secret to make "zoodles" al dente and not loaded with water - ingenious!
- You can try this meal with crumbled feta on top. Enjoy!
Ingredient nutritional breakdown (per serving, 5 meatballs + sauce + 1 zucchini)
| Net carbs | Protein | Fat | Calories |
|---|
| Lamb, minced (ground), 85% lean, 15% fat, raw |
| 0 g | 21.4 g | 25.9 g | 319 kcal |
| Eggs, free-range or organic |
| 0.1 g | 1.6 g | 1.2 g | 18 kcal |
| Coconut flour, organic |
| 0.8 g | 1.3 g | 1.1 g | 28 kcal |
| Garlic, fresh |
| 0.5 g | 0.1 g | 0 g | 2 kcal |
| Onion, white, fresh |
| 1.3 g | 0.2 g | 0 g | 7 kcal |
| Cumin, spices |
| 0.2 g | 0.1 g | 0.1 g | 2 kcal |
| Ghee |
| 0 g | 0 g | 7.5 g | 68 kcal |
| Parsley, fresh (spices) |
| 0.1 g | 0.1 g | 0 g | 1 kcal |
| Oregano, fresh |
| 0.3 g | 0 g | 0 g | 2 kcal |
| Tomatoes, fresh |
| 1.7 g | 0.5 g | 0.1 g | 11 kcal |
| Keto bone broth |
| 0.2 g | 0.9 g | 1.5 g | 18 kcal |
| Tomato purée (paste, unsweetened) |
| 0.5 g | 0.1 g | 0 g | 3 kcal |
| Kalamata olives |
| 0 g | 0.1 g | 1.6 g | 16 kcal |
| Salt, pink Himalayan rock salt |
| 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | 0 kcal |
| Chia seed meal (ground chia seeds) |
| 0.1 g | 0.4 g | 0.6 g | 10 kcal |
| Zucchini (summer squash, courgette) |
| 3.2 g | 1.8 g | 0.5 g | 26 kcal |
| Total per serving, 5 meatballs + sauce + 1 zucchini |
| 8.8 g | 28.6 g | 40.2 g | 530 kcal |
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