In my pre-paleo days, I loved Italian food. Fettuccine alfredo, mushroom ravioli, spaghetti with meat sauce, and chicken parmesan. I still love Italian food, and I’ve made a few recreations over the years: chicken marsala, lasagna and creamy chicken pasta. One night I was struck with the idea to make chicken parmesan meatballs, and I knew I needed to try to make them asap! I made a chicken parmesan casserole before which I loved, but I wanted to make a simple almost appetizer version of the classic dish. These chicken parmesan meatballs turned out fantastic. Lightly “breaded” to give you the taste of classic chicken parmesan but with no guilt! I love dipping these chicken parmesan meatballs into a simple marinara sauce to complete the recreation of the traditional dish!
So do you ever have one of those days where things just don’t go as planned. Last week I got off work early and I was so excited to go grocery shopping. I’m probably one of the few twenty-somethings that love grocery shopping. The grocery store is my happy place because it is where I get the ingredients to make delicious meals. I get all the way to the check out line when I realize I left my wallet in my yoga bag. I live 20 minutes from my grocery store so I had to drive home, drive back and then drive back home, which added more than an hour to my trip. There was one silver-lining. The grocery store put all my food in their freezer so I wouldn’t have to go back through the store and pick everything out again! Pretty sure I will be triple checking to make sure I have my wallet before leaving the house again.
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground chicken
- 1 tbls italian seasoning
- 1 tbls coconut flour
- 1/4 tsp sea salt
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- 1/2 cup almond flour
- 1 tbls italian seasoning
- 8 oz can tomato sauce
- 1/4 cup tomato paste
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 tbls Italian seasoning
- 1/4 tsp sea salt
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
Directions
- Heat oven to 400 degrees.
- Mix all meatball ingredients together until well combined.
- In a shallow dish, combine breading ingredients.
- Form meatballs into bite-sized balls, about 1 tablespoon.
- Roll in breading until covered.
- Place onto lined baking sheet.
- Pop in the oven and cook for 15 minutes. Flip and cook for another 8 minutes.
- Turn broiler to high and cook for another 2 minutes, or until meatballs are lightly browned.
- Combine all ingredients in a sauce pot. Cover and simmer on low for 5 minutes.
Notes
If you don’t have Italian seasoning, you can use 1 tsp dried oregano, 1 tsp thyme and 1 tsp basil.
Enjoy!
x vanessa
Where’s the Parmesan in the recipe???
You can delete this & my previous comment. Realize now you were making a DF version…
No worries at all!
These were good! Quickly threw them together tonight, nice and easy!
Thanks Jenn!!