Meatballs

This recipe is a modified version of one found in the Everyday Paleo cookbook.  

Ingredients:

• 1 pound (or so) ground turkey
• 1 pound ground beef
• 2 eggs
• 1 medium sweet potato, grated
• 12-ounce jar roasted red peppers
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• Fresh basil (several leaves), chopped
• 1/3 cup almond meal
• Salt and pepper 
• 1 jar Classico Tomato and Basil marinara

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to, oh, probably 350. 
2. Mix all of the ingredients (except the marinara sauce) in a bowl.
3. Form into smallish meatballs. I used my hands, which was really tedious. Then I went out and bought a smallish ice-cream scoop. I think this might make it easier next time! 
4. Brown the meatballs in a skillet with olive oil.
5. Place a rack (I used a cooling rack) inside a glass baking dish and put the meatballs on top of the rack. I didn't actually do this last time, and the meatballs were soggy from swimming in their own juices. So next time I'll try it this way.
6. Pour the jar of marinara over the meatballs.
7. Bake 'til done. I think I had them in the oven for 30 minutes or so. 

I served them with roasted sweet potato, parsnips, red onion, and rosemary with olive oil and sea salt.

Update (4/18/2012): 

I made these again last night using my new small (1.5T) ice-cream scoop - they were much faster to form. I also used the  rack inside the pan, which was perfect to keep them from getting soggy. And I didn't brown them before baking them. Because of *that*, they ended up needing a full hour in the 350 degree oven. Next time I'll brown them first.