I'm gonna get straight to the point with this recipe. It's a modification of my favorite recipe from the Fixate Cookbook and when I tried it out in the Instant Pot for the first time last week I was VERY pleased.
I'm all about keeping it simple, reducing the amount of dishes I have to wash AND eating delicious healthy comfort foods.
Doesn't that look amazing?! Can you believe that that is 21 Day Fix approved? No need for "diet" food or "processed frozen meals" when you can make something that tastes like this and is actually good for you. Bonus that this doesn't take much time at all.
Wanna know how to make it?
Step #1: Prep Meatball mixture to chill
Ingredients:
1/3 cup whole wheat bread crumbs
1/4 cup 2 % milk or unsweetened almond milk
2 tsp extra virgin olive oil
1 medium onion, finely chopped
3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
2 lbs organic grass fed beef or organic lean ground turkey (note: we prefer this recipe with beef)
2 large eggs
1/4 cup finely chopped fresh parsley
2 tbsp grated Parmesan cheese
1 tsp dried oregano leaves
1/2 tsp sea salt or Himalayan Salt
1/2 tsp ground pepper
Directions:
In a large mixing bowl add bread crumbs and milk. Let it soak while you cut up the rest of the ingredients. Add diced onions, garlic, turkey, eggs parsley, cheese, oregano, salt, pepper into bread crumb mixture and mix well. Cover bowl and place in fridge for 1 hour.
Step #2: The Sauce
Ingredients:
1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1/2 medium onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1 (6oz) can organic tomato paste (no salt)
1/8 cup red wine
1 (28oz) can pureed tomatoes (organic, no salt) or you can get canned whole peeled and just blend them before
1 tbsp organic honey or agave nectar
1/2 tsp sea salt or Himalayan salt
1/8 tsp ground black pepper
2 tbsp finely chopped fresh basil
Directions:
Set Instant Pot to saute mode. Add oil and onions and stir frequently for about 3-5 mins. Add Garlic, tomato paste, and stir constantly (don't let paste burn) for about 2 mins. Add wine, cook stirring constantly for 2-3 minutes. Then add pureed tomatoes, honey, salt and pepper. Stir frequently for about 5 minutes. Then switch IP over to "keep warm mode" add basil, mix well and stir occasionally for 20 mins. Then turn off IP until it's time to add the meatballs in and keep the cover on.
Step #3: Time to get cooking!
Take meatball mixture out of the fridge and take lid off instant pot. Give sauce another good stir. Star rolling those meat balls. Use a spoon to scoop the mixture out, roll it and lay them in the sauce mixture inside the instant spot. I start on the outside rim of the pot and do a full circle. Then continue to add meatballs inside the outside circle tell all the space is gone. Cover the lid and set it to manual, high pressure for 5 minutes. Make sure the pressure valve is sealed. Once the pot has pressurized and cooked for 5 minutes put it in "natural release mode" ( set to warm for 10 minutes, then release the valve and remove the lid).
That's it! Dinner is served! You can poor this meal ball mixture over whole wheat pasta, make open faced meatball sandwiches from the Fixate Cookbook and more! Such and easy recipe that tastes like something you'd get from a Italian restaurant!
21 Day Fix/Country Heat/Portion Fix Container amounts (per serving):
2 Greens 1 Red 1/2 Blue (add 1 yellow if you use whole wheat pasta. Make sure you use the container to measure out the portion of the pasta into the bowl and then pour your sauce and meatballs on top.) 2 meatballs = 1 Red Container
Mmmmmm. I like to top mine with a little fresh basil.
So what's the verdict? Well, if you ask myself, my Hubby, my two kids or Nacho Libre they'll tell you...
So what do you think. Will you try them?
Want to see a video of me cooking these? I went on FB Live last night as I was cooking dinner. Check it out:
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