Anybody else over listening to all this crap about the royal baby? I get it. It’s a big moment. It’s important. But come on. You news stations need to stop. That poor couple. And honestly, I don’t care about the car they took to the hospital, or the door the went in, or what she was wearing to the hospital, or what she was wearing when she left the hospital and how it looked like Princess Diane’s dress. I just don’t care. I wouldn’t even care about those things if it was my best friend. Mostly because new born babies really aren’t that cool to look at. They’re a bit ugly. Anywho. Famous people stuff is weird. I mean, I’m obsessed with the Kardashians, but that’s totally different. It’s not different at all, is it? Sh*t. Moving on.
So I totally keep forgetting to tell you. I won’t be at the CrossFit Games this year. I was planning on going and hanging out in the Again Faster tent, but I have to go to California for some other projects on Monday so my trip would have been much too spread out. Timing just wasn’t right. So sadly, I won’t be able to see all the cool CrossFitting loving people. Gosh darn it. Thankfully, I watch people workout every single day, so I don’t feel like I’m missing out. I’m sad I missed the rowing for 2 hours, that would have been my favorite.
I just lied.
Have you guys watched the show The Mistresses? I had the house to myself the other night, and I was feeling a bit emotionally unstable, so I ate an extreme amount of chocolate while watching multiple episodes. That show is so addicting. I wish I could say that show is unrealistic because people don’t have affairs like that, but I met some sketchy people while working at a fancy schmancy gym. It was also a gym that had a ‘men’s only’ floor. Sexist. And sketch. This conversation just got way too serious.
On a lighter note, I want this bear dance outfit. That’s the best way to describe it. Oh Miley, I love the tunes you create. But you’re not very good at twerking. You’re too skinny silly pants. I still love you, though. More so, the song is what I love.
Oh P.S.- If you had any issues with my Chocolate Chip Protein Muffins that I posted the other day, I remade them and edited the recipe so they should work perfectly fine! I even posted a picture on my @paleomg instagram of how delicious they looked. Sorry about the issues. Sometimes I just need to remake the recipe once more. And I’m happy to since I get to eat those things.
I want some wine with my muffin.
Summer Squash Meatball Casserole
- Yield: 4-5 1x
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons bacon fat
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 small zucchinis, shredded
- 2 small yellow squash, shredded
- 1 red onion, shredded
- 1 tablespoon cumin
- 1 tablespoon coriander
- 2 teaspoons smoked paprika
- 2 teaspoons cayenne pepper
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 (14 ounce) can of diced tomatoes
- salt and pepper, to taste
- fresh parsley, roughly chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Use a grater or shredding attachment on a food processor to shred the zucchini, squash and red onion.
- Place a large cast iron skillet over medium heat, add bacon fat and minced garlic, then add the zucchini, squash and onion.
- Let vegetables cook down until soft, then add 1/2 tablespoon cumin and coriander, 1 teaspoon of smoked paprika and cayenne pepper and a bit of salt and pepper to the vegetables and mix around to coat.
- Then add the diced tomatoes.
- Place ground beef in a bowl along with the rest of the spices and some salt and pepper. Form into meatballs. I made 9 meatballs with the pound of meat.
- Press each meatball into the vegetable mixture.
- Place in the oven and bake for 25-30 minutes, until meatballs are cooked through.
- Add fresh parsley on top.
- Eat. Yum.
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Turned out perfect!!!!
Bravo Juli to yet ANOTHER delish recipe! I was a little concerned with the combination of spices, but to my amazement…this was a SPOT ON DISH. Thank you again, your a LIFESAVER….really 🙂 PS: I cooked for about 40 min and on 400 degrees so the casserole could dry out.
I made this last week, I am still dreaming about it. You are awesome!
Love this casserole–it’s so easy to throw together, and so delicious!
You absolutely MUST render all the liquid out of the summer squashes BEFORE you put it in the oven. It took about 20 min to sweat and evaporate all the liquids. If there is juice puddling in the bottom of the pan, keep sauteing. Sprinkling salt on the squashes will help render their juices faster. And stir often!
My own personal tweaks:
– used 20oz pkg ground turkey instead of ground beef; added an egg to bind it; added 1 tsp coriander, cumin, paprika; 1/2 tsp black pepper & salt; 1/4 tsp cayenne. Added 1/4 tsp onion powder and garlic powder. Made 2oz meatballs.
– diced veggies instead of shredding. added 1 tsp coriander, cumin, paprika; 1/2 tsp cayenne. Did not add fresh garlic.
-Baked for 35 min @ 350. Let the dish rest for 10 min. before serving to help reabsorb juices.
-served it over baked sweet potatoes.
I think dicing the veggies gave a better texture to the dish. Next time I will add chopped orange pepper for even better texture. I deliberately toned down the spices to my taste.
This will become a standard rotation in my meal planning–thank you so much!
Just made this last night and I freaking loved it. My Fiance came over to day and had some. His response was ” Squash is not supposed to taste like that!” I will be making this again and soon!
I just made this tonight and it was great. I followed Sue’s lead and diced the veggies instead of shredding. I reduced the cayenne because my 6 year old doesn’t like spicy stuff yet. He still said they were spicy, but ate every single bite! I will make again.
Wow I have super mild tastes and should have definitely toned down the cayenne pepper haha. But I loved the simplicity of it and will make again, but change up some spices!
I really enjoy your blog and was eager to try this recipe. But like a few of the other commenters, everything turned into a soupy mush. After cooking it I realized I should’ve squeezed out the excess water from the zucchini – perhaps a step you should include in the directions. Also, maybe I used a tablespoon instead of teaspoon (i have a toddler and a newborn so I’m brain dead) but it was spicy as hell!
Loved this recipe! Thank you for helping me find a way to eat all the squash and zucchini in my garden!
I’ve definitely been lurking on this site for a while and my wife and I have made quite a few of your recipes.
This one was total aces!!! I agree with the other commenters about the liquid. Next time, and there will certainly be a next time, will be even better.
Thanks a bunch!