What inspired me to post this? Fall. Even though it is Fall, it's hard to feel it here in Singapore. Weather is 85 and humid all year. So, scrolling through Pinterest at Fall decor and finding inspiration for comfort food helps ease missing one of my favorite times of year. It's a time of new routines, schedules, change in weather, color change of falling leaves, the smell of earth in the air, cozy evenings snuggling up with a blanket, fire, and glass of nice red wine. We don't have a fire place here in Singapore. LOL! However, we did make the best of this meal. Wrapped up in one of my favorite Nepali Yak wool blankets, air con, a good movie, and a beautiful Malbec from Argentina.
Ingredients: (makes 5 large meatballs - dinner serving for two and lunch the next day)
2-3 Tbs olive oil
3-4 thin sliced onions
1/2 tsp thyme
1 tsp salt
1/4 cup water
1/4 cube of beef flavored bouillon
1/4 cup red wine
1.5 to 2 lbs minced chicken or ground beef
1/2 almond meal/flour
1 tsp mixed Italian herbs
1/4 tsp pepper
1/2 tsp salt or herbamare
1 egg
1.2 cups cheese of choice (mozzarella, vintage, sharp cheddar, Parmesan)
2 cups boiled water
1 packet simply organic onion dip mix
1/4 cup red wine
2 tsp arrowroot powder
mashed potato or cauliflower rice
Mashed potato:
boil 6 quartered Yukon gold (with skins on) until soft
drain potato but keep 1/4 cup potato water
place in a Cuisinart
add a pinch of salt or herbamare and 2 Tbs coconut milk
blend until pureed
Serve dish with a beautiful Malbec or favorite red wine.
Gluten Free friendly meal. Enjoy!
Feel free to use Mrs. Dash as a salt substitute
Adapted from: Or whatever you do
Ingredients: (makes 5 large meatballs - dinner serving for two and lunch the next day)
2-3 Tbs olive oil
3-4 thin sliced onions
1/2 tsp thyme
1 tsp salt
1/4 cup water
1/4 cube of beef flavored bouillon
1/4 cup red wine
1.5 to 2 lbs minced chicken or ground beef
1/2 almond meal/flour
1 tsp mixed Italian herbs
1/4 tsp pepper
1/2 tsp salt or herbamare
1 egg
1.2 cups cheese of choice (mozzarella, vintage, sharp cheddar, Parmesan)
2 cups boiled water
1 packet simply organic onion dip mix
1/4 cup red wine
2 tsp arrowroot powder
mashed potato or cauliflower rice
Get your goggles on and slice those onions!
In a fry pan add olive oil and thin sliced onions
Saute till all are browned and caramel-ly
In a small bowl combine thyme, salt, water, beef bouillon and red wine.
Stir in with the caramelized onion and simmer for 3-5 min.
Turn off burner and set aside. Pour in a small bowl to cool.
In a mixing bowl add minced chicken or ground beef, almond meal/flour, Italian herbs, pepper, salt or herbamare, and egg. Mush together till well blended.
Shred cheese of choice (I used vintage which is a sharp aged cheddar) and set aside.
Take enough meat mixture and pat in the palm of your hand. Add 1Tbs of onion mixture in center. Add 1Tbs cheese. Bring up the edges and make a ball so onion and cheese is covered and hidden in the center of ball. Place ball in the same pan that was used to caramelize onions. It will still have plenty of oil and will have nice flavor left on the pan. Repeat till all meat is used up.
You should have leftover onion and cheese.
While meatballs are browning make the sauce by adding the following in a pan.
boiled water, simply organic onion dip mix, red wine, arrowroot powder.
Bring sauce mixture to a boil until sauce starts to thicken a bit.
Stir in leftover caramelized onions and mix well.
Bring sauce mixture to a boil until sauce starts to thicken a bit.
Stir in leftover caramelized onions and mix well.
Remove from heat.
Place stuffed meatballs in a casserole dish. Pour sauce over meatballs.
Sprinkle leftover cheese on top.
Place in oven and cook at 350 for about 20-30 min.
Cheese will be melted and the meal will look very much like french onion soup.
Serve meatballs and gravy over mashed potatoes or cauliflower rice.
Mashed potato:
boil 6 quartered Yukon gold (with skins on) until soft
drain potato but keep 1/4 cup potato water
place in a Cuisinart
add a pinch of salt or herbamare and 2 Tbs coconut milk
blend until pureed
Serve dish with a beautiful Malbec or favorite red wine.
Gluten Free friendly meal. Enjoy!
Feel free to use Mrs. Dash as a salt substitute
Adapted from: Or whatever you do
