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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people are egg free? that makes me sad. These would be bomb with a runny egg on top. Can’t wait to make them.
I would eat these any time of day….meatballs are kind of my current obsession….so these are a must….i’m not egg-free, so i’m with megan, i want a runny egg on top!
I love your blog and pretty much everything you make is maze balls!! Can’t wait to order your cookbook!! I noticed on an older post you were ranting about your skin, the picture with the zit! lol Anyway, I would love to send you some samples of my non- toxic chemical free skin care line?? Let me know. Thanks for the awesome recipes!! Pumpkin pie blizzard is my fav!! Dessert duh!!! 🙂
Are ALL of these recipes really paleo? Is that a stupid question? It’s just too good to be true!
they are all paleo! but that depends if you believe in having some dark chocolate in your life…because i believe it belongs in everyone’s
I made these for dinner tonight. I used turkey chop meat b/c it’s all I had. They were awesome- but I know beef would be better. Husband and daughter weren’t so impressed, but I’m convinced they don’t have taste buds. And whatever- that just means I’ll be *forced* to finish the batch all by myself! Thanks Julie!
OMG Thank you Thank you Thank you… One of my wonderful symptoms of hormonal havoc is that I developed an egg allergy… and it’s hard to find things without eggs unless they are vegan, especially when it comes to breakfast. I’ll probably replace the maple with agave but I can’t wait to try these. 🙂
DON/T DO THAT–MAPLE SYRUP IS A HUGE PART/FLAVOR IN THE RECIPE…AND IT IS GOOD FOR YOU IF YOU GET 100% MAPLE SYRUP(IT IS A NATURAL ORGANIC FOOD STRAIT FROM THE TREE).
ALSO, AGAVE IS REALLY BAD FOR YOU–JUST FOUND OUT (BEEN USING IT FOR YEARS)(IT CAUSES LEAKY GUT SYNDROME BY EATING HOLES IN YOUR INTESTINES) !! CHECK OUT DR. BRENDA WATSON ON CH 9. I WAS IN SHOCK–MIGHT AS WELL HAVE BEEN EATING CORN SYRUP….. MY NEW FAVE SWEETENER IS ORGANIC COCONUT SUGER–DELISH!!
Waaait a minute…. please tell me you don’t wear makeup to the gym!
OMG, these were excellent!!! Made them tonight for dinner with a side of rice and a green salad. Hubby can’t have eggs, so these were perfect. The flavor was delicious! These are definitely a keeper! Thank you for your great recipes.
These are fantastic! Love they are egg free as well!
YUM! I love that you added sweet potato. It probably adds some sweetness so you don’t have to add too much maple syrup. Perfect for breakfast or dinner!