Mini Grass-Fed Beef Meatballs Recipe with Whole Wheat Spaghetti in Tomato Aglio Olio

Mini Grass-Fed Beef Meatballs Recipe with Whole Wheat Spaghetti in Tomato Aglio Olio

One of the best ways to avoid added sugar and Scary Seven ingredients is to make your own pasta sauce! The yummy tomato aglio olio (garlic oil) is the perfect complement to grass-fed meatballs.

Ingredients

1 lb extra lean grass-fed organic ground beef

1 whole garlic

1 bunch fresh basil

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1 tbsp Maison Orphée grapeseed oil

1 sweet onion, chopped

8 oz mushrooms, sliced

2 cups diced tomatoes (or 1 can diced tomatoes)

2 tbsp dried oregano

1 tbsp Italian spices

3-4 oz chopped spinach

1 tsp crushed red pepper

2 tsp sea salt

¼ cup Maison Orphée organic olive oil

1 packaged whole wheat spaghetti, broken in half

¼ cup organic Parmesan cheese (optional)

Read more about what grass-fed actually means

Directions

Roll ground beef into little meatballs, about the size of large marbles. Pan fry meatball with no oil. Once they begin to brown on all sides, remove from heat.

In a chopper or or food processor, chop garlic, basil. Heat grapeseed oil on medium heat in a deep pan. Add the garlic and basil. Add onion, mushrooms, tomatoes, oregano, Italian spice, spinach, red pepper, sea salt and olive oil. Lower heat and simmer.

Cook pasta according to package directions. Place cooked pasta in a large bowl and pour veggie and oil mixture over pasta. Mix well. Serve with meatballs and Parmesan cheese.

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Marc Borenstein
Marc taught himself to cook to have a yummy dinner made for his mother when she returned from a long work day. Limited to what was already in the kitchen, he learned to transform a few (and some unfamiliar!) ingredients into creative masterpieces. He was fortunate to travel around the world with his parents and to live in a household with gourmet chefs, including his mother, grandmother, and aunt. The family rule was that you didn't have to eat it, but you absolutely had to try everything. More recently, Marc’s cooking has been shaped by his wife's need to eat healthy, so he swaps fat for flavorful herbs and spices. Another cooking objective is speed – most of his recipes can be prepared within an hour or less.