People are always asking me for recipe ideas for people who can’t eat eggs. Welp, here ya go. Breakfast meatballs. No eggs. No nuts. Just happiness. And for you people who do love nuts, I paired it next to Steve’s Original PaleoKrunch Cereal. It’s stupid good. Like, seriously.
Getting back to reality can be hard sometimes. Especially when it includes a 4am alarm clock with a 10 degree welcoming temperature outside. I was impressed my little oh-so-wanted civic even started. Well really, I was just impressed it wasn’t stolen in the few days I was gone. Must have been too cold to want to steal cars. She has a rough time getting through the winters, that civic of mine. It makes sounds that definitely aren’t normal and likes to sputter a bit when I start it. She’s funny. Always testing my patience.
Anywho, yesterday was a tough day. Probably because I was hauling around an extra ten pounds or so. So not only did my clothes fit a bit on the uncomfortable side, but I was sluggish AND didn’t get hungry until night. Those are some of the signs that show you ate too much. And too many weird things. My body doesn’t love the French fries and cheese sauce that ended up on my plate a few too many times over the weekend. F*cking cheese fries.
So thankfully, when I was ready to leave the gym in the morning, I had Jason there to talk me into an extra workout. But first visual this. I had woken up at 4am that morning, after getting about 4 or 5 hours of sleep and could barely apply my make up. So I was wearing sweatpants…the ones I wore to bed….and some baggy shirt to hide my weekend shame. Thankfully I put a bra on that morning, I was surprised I actually remembered to. So when Jason asked to workout, I was a bit worried. So I rolled my pants up as high as I could into shorts, tied them extra tight, and sucked it up. It looked like I was wearing a diaper. I don’t even want to know what I looked like while doing handstand push ups. But I got the little three rounder workout done, diaper and all, not as far behind Jason as I thought I would be. I was fueled by carbs. Meaning cheese fries.
The rest of my Monday was spent not eating, because I still wasn’t hungry. Making food that I didn’t eat. I literally didn’t eat until 7pm. That’s SO not me. Kinda creepy what sh*tty food does to us. And then I worked out more. I ran to the gym. Gross. I had to shoot so many snot rockets because it was so damn cold. No wonder I’m single. Whatever. I’m finally getting better at running, snot rockets and all. Then I did the workout. With front squats. Ew. But the best part was I didn’t have to run home in the quickly dropping temperature. Because Ryan, a wonderful guy from the gym, took me home. You know why he’s wonderful? Because he reads my blog, so I KNOW he’s cool. I trust people who read my blog. Well, most.
Are you wondering what I finally ate at 7pm? Of course you are. I ate these fantastic little meatballs. All meat should be in ball form.
Breakfast Bacon and Maple Meatballs
- Yield: 4 1x
Ingredients
- 1lb breakfast sausage
- 1 sweet potato
- 4oz button mushrooms (I used half a container of sliced button mushrooms)
- ½ yellow onion, peeled
- 2 tablespoonsmaple syrup
- 5-6 slices of bacon
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Place your bacon slices in a pan over medium heat. Cook on both sides until crispy, place on a paper towel to soak up the excess fat and cool, then dice up into small pieces that would fit well in meatballs. Duh.
- Place your sweet potato in a food processor with the shredding attachment. Shred your sweet potato, remove contents, then shred it once more. You want it pretty fine.
- Then shred your onion and mushrooms in the same container with the sweet potato that was shredded twice.
- Add your sweet potato, mushrooms, and yellow onion to a bowl along with your breakfast sausage, maple syrup, garlic clove, diced bacon, and salt and pepper and mix well. Your hands are your best tools.
- Place parchment paper on a baking sheet then start making your meatballs.
- What is helpful is using anice cream scoopso they are all the same size. Roll the scooped out balls in your hands and place on a baking sheet. Repeat until all your ingredients are gone.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes until meatballs are golden brown and completely cooked through. Be sure to check one before you turn the oven off!
- Pair your breakfast meatballs with Steve’s PaleoKrunch Cereal and some almond milk!
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totally making these this weekend!
Sounds great! I may make them smaller & take them as an appetizer to a holiday party this weekend.
Where do you get sugar-free sausage? I found it once & not since, it’s a tough one.
Was LOL at your snot rockets! 😉
Meg, Whole Foods has pork breakfast sausage in their meat department, and I’m pretty sure it’s sugar free.
Holy Hell JB!!!! This recipe is beyond AWESOME! A new breakfast go to from now on. I used Isernios Chicken Breakfast Sausage. I can only find it on the Navy Base at the commissary every so often, so when I find it I get 10 rolls of it. Its by the breakfast sausage/smoked sausage. Otherwise, I make my own breakfast sausage. Google it and make paleo adjustments. i.e. raw honey instead of sugars. thanks again Juli for another awesome recipe!
Sorry about your diaper (but secretly I’m laughing). I have a habit for forgetting my workout socks and end up wear dress socks that I wore to work – like thin, black, pantyhose-like socks. *face palm*
Also, *highfive* on the breakfasts. I’ve been making your breakfast meatza (double meat, half sausage, half ground beef – genius!) and it’s amazeballs.
Oooh, super excited about this recipe! I have a daughter who is allergic to eggs and happens to LOVE maple syrup with her breakfast meats! Thank you!
I have a food blog as well, but it’s dedicated to those who suffer with food allergies. But, being a paleo fan myself, I continue to add paleo recipes which are free of eggs and nuts: http://www.consciouseatery.com/p/paleo.html
Meatballs…it’s what’s for breakfast. Thanks for this one. Can’t wait to try them!
These meatballs look AWESOME!!
Kind of funny….I did our WOD outside today too in the frigid cold of Illinois and had to resort to the snot rocket….it’s better than having snot running down your face! I felt so lady-like….NOT. My husband would be proud….kind of.
“All meat should be in ball form.” = that’s just smart thinking, right there. Holy balls! I can’t wait to make this.
First off, I love your blog and your food and I’m super duper anxious for you cookbook.
Second, that’s totally blowing snot rockets. I thought that was my problem too when I was single for so long. But you just have to find someone who appreciates your snot rockets. There’s guys like that out there. I didn’t think there was either. My mom always told me I would never find anyone who would take me out on a second date because I’m messy and I fart and burp and blow snot rockets. But I did. And now I have a wonderful boyfriend, who I met at my CrossFit gym, and we do all those fun, 100% normal things together! If I can find a boyfriend, then you DEFINITELY can! I have hope for you! So just keep being fabulous and the right one will come around!
and by “totally blowing snot rockets” I meant tha’s totally normal blowing snot rockets.
these look great. i keep telling myself to order pork from US Wellness Meats but every time i send an order, i end up buying weird things like chicken feet and beef knuckle. i will have to put pork sausage AND pork chops in my next order because i was scanning your pork chops recipes and fainted. that blackberry sauce one and the grapes sauce one look so good. i love fruit with meat.
What brands of sausage do people get? I can’t seem to find any without sugar added :\
i usually just get a pork sausage from whole foods or sprouts
It’s super easy to make…especially if you’re making meatballs…you just put ground pork into the bowl with some extra spices….sage and whatever else you want. Ground pork is easy to find and you don’t have to worry about weird ingredients (like sugar) in whatever you’re using it for.