Grass Fed Beef Cilantro Meat Balls Over Zucchini Noodles With TomatoVeg Sauce

I picked up some local grass fed beef from my butcher today. I was thinking Italian after having been talking to some people about a really awesome new Italian restaurant that just opened up. I was craving meat balls and something pasta like after that talk! Heres the Product of that craving...and yes 100% Paleo no gluten involved.

The finished product :) YUM YUM!

INGREDIENTS: (Serves 2)

MEANT BALLS:

- 1 LBS of Grass fed ground beef

- 1 egg

- 1 TBS pesto

- 2 TBS flax meal

- 1 large hand full of cilantro

- 2 Garlic cloves

- 1/4 cup chopped purple sweet onion

- Few green onions

- 1/2 TSP chili powder

- 1/2 TSP cumin

- Salt and pepper to taste

SAUCE:

- Home made or Organic Jarred tomato 'pasta' sauce ( some have garlic , onions or spices added) You can also make your own from scratch. I used only half the jar for this recipe.

- 1/2 Purple sweet onion

- 2 garlic cloves

- 4 stalks of green onion

- 1 TBS Basil

- 1 TSP oregano

- 1 TSP Thyme

- 1/8 TSP Cyan pepper

- Salt and pepper to taste

- Mixed veggies of choice ( I used broccoli and orange pepper)

NOODLES AND TOPPINGS:

- 1 Zucchini cut into linguini style noodles

- 1/2 Avocado

- 1 TBS Goat Cheese

DIRECTIONS:

- In a large mixing bowl whip egg and pesto sauce together.

- Combine in all Meat ball ingredients, use your hands to make sure its well mixed.

- Compress and roll meat mixture into small balls.

- Heat up a frying pan with Bacon fat or olive oil for frying, place meat balls in with pan on medium heat ( rotate every so often to cook through)

- While meat balls are cooking prepare sauce, chop all veggies of choice.

- Place sauce into a pot and bring to medium heat, add in veggies and spices bring to just under a boil, then lower down to simmer to keep warm.

- In a separate pot add a small amount of water to steam the zucchini noodles, Bring water to a boil and place noodles in only for 3 minutes ( you don't want to leave them too long or they will become mushy)

- Serve on a place and top with goat cheese and avocado!