Mexican Meatballs (W, R)

Enjoy your meat with a little zest! Juice meatballs with a solid protein punch - it's the cheat meal without having to cheat ;)

Points:
White (onion and garlic); Red (Tomato)

Serves 4






Sauce Ingredients:

• 1 medium onion, minced
• 2 tbsp coconut oil
• 2 cups tomato puree (make your own-about four large tomatoes pureed in a food processor)
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 tbsp chili powder
• 1/2 tsp cumin
• 1/2 tsp dried oregano
• 1/2 tsp sea salt

Sauce Directions:

1. Saute the onions in coconut oil until limp.  
2. Add tomato puree, garlic, chili powder, cumin, oregano and salt.  
3. Mix well and let simmer for 15-20 minutes, stirring often.  
4. Pour the sauce into a food processor and process until smooth.

Meatballs Ingredients:

• 400g ground beef
• 400g ground pork
• 1 1/2 tsp salt
• 3 garlilc cloves
• 1 tbsp oregano
• 1/2 small onion, minced
• 2 tsp cumin

Directions:

1. Mix ingredients together to form golf ball sized meatballs. 
2. Place meatballs into a glass oven tray and Bake at 375 for 15 min.  
3. Pour your sauce over the meatballs and bake for another 10-15 minutes.  

Enjoy! If you like this Recipe or have a variation, please leave it in the comment box below.

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