Ugh. I’m doing a CrossFit competition soon. Gross. I honestly hate competitions nowadays. I competed for 3 years, loved every second of it, then one day that love was gone. I just didn’t want to lift that heavy anymore. But when you go to competitions, everyone competing is either half naked or dressed in highlighter colored shirts with sayings like, “I’ve got a great snatch.” Well, if you’re talking about your olympic lift, your shirt is a lie. If you’re talking about your private parts, you’re disgusting. So yeah, I get a bit annoyed at competitions. But I told my CrossFit Broadway friends that I would do the competition and smile. So that’s what I will do…while I ignore the highlighter shirts that are burning my retinas.
When I made the meatballs yesterday, the curry powder got under my fingernails and turned them orange for the day. Real cute look.
So I hate to admit it, because I’m not a teenage girl, but I’m extremely excited for the new season of Catfish. Have you watched that show? Here is the summary if you’ve never seen it: young people meet other young people on FB, they talk for years, for in love, make plans, get engaged, all while never meeting each other and sometimes never seeing each other in person. Well, the show confronts one of the people in the relationship, and most of the time, it’s not actually the same person. It’s usually a girl pretending to be a guy, because they hate the other girl. Real mature stuff. It’s so addicting. I’m glad I’ve never fallen in love with someone through social media. This show also makes me wonder if someone has taken my pictures and is pretending to be me because that happens ALL.THE.TIME. on the show. It’s real strange. I’ve never thought of being anyone else on the internet other than my weird self. That would just be exhausting. Anywho, I can’t wait for the new season. Judge me. Do it.
It’s Mother’s Day this weekend! I’m guessing you already knew that since every other commercial on TV is out to remind us and entice us into buying flowers, and chocolates, and jewelry, and perfume. Well, I know what I’m doing for my mom. Doing what I like to do best and know she will love. I’m making a recipe called Chocolate Swirl Cheese Danish Cake from the cookbook The Paleo Chocolate Lover’s Cookbook. Paleo danish? Yes please. I just think brunch is the best, so that’s what I will be doing. And that’s what I shared with reader’s on my Mother’s Day Newsletter today! Check out my newsletter I sent out today and subscribe in the left hand to get more newsletters like this one, with favorite recipes from the archives of PaleOMG! That way I’ll be able to keep you updated with giveaways, book tours, and exciting upcoming recipes! Woot woot!
PS- I’m incredibly excited for my rest day from the gym today. I’m going to style my hair and everything. Today is a great day.
Thai Pork & Veggie Meatballs
- Yield: 4-5 1x
Ingredients
For the meatballs
- 2 small zucchinis, shredded
- 2 small carrots, shredded
- 1 pound ground pork
- 1/2 pound ground turkey
- 1 tablespoon freshly grated ginger
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 2 tablespoons minced fresh basil
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 tablespoon curry powder
- 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- salt and pepper, to taste
For the sauce
- 1 (14 ounce) can of coconut milk
- ¼ cup smooth almond butter
- 1 tablespoon coconut aminos
- 1 tablespoon chili garlic sauce (or sriracha)
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon honey
- 2 tablespoons curry powder
- ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes
- pinch of salt
To garnish
- chopped green onions
- chopped cilantro
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Place zucchinis and carrots in a food processor using the shredding attachment. Remove shredded zucchini and carrots from the food processor and squeeze out excess water with some paper towels.
- Place zucchini, carrots, pork, turkey, and the rest of the the meatball ingredients in a bowl and use your hands to combine.
- Use an ice cream scoop to scoop out meatballs then shape in hands. Set aside on a plate. This should be 12-15 large meatballs.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together all sauce ingredients until completely combine.
- Place a large oven safe saucepan or cast iron skillet over medium-high heat and add a teaspoon of sesame oil or other cooking oil (coconut oil). Once saucepan is hot, add meatballs to the pan and brown on all sides. Once browned, remove from heat, pour all of the sauce on top of meatballs.
- Place saucepan in and bake for 15-20 minutes, or until meatballs are cooked through. This time will range depending on the size of the meatballs.
- Garnish meatballs with chopped cilantro and green onions.
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Juli!! You have outdone yourself with these! I made these with a few modifications (and siriacha) and all I can say is WOW. Thanks for the great recipe, it’s a new favorite of my husbands too. Keep up the great work!
This is probably the best thing I’ve ever cooked. You’re amazing.
Hello! Most curry powders I come across is more the Indian flavour of curry, but the rest of the ingredients lean to Thai curry. Could you use a red curry paste instead of powder. Can you get Thai curry powder?
absolutely!! I didn’t have any on hand so i didn’t use that
What kind of curry powder should I use? I have Madras curry powder which I’m guessing isn’t the right kind. I also have red curry paste and green curry paste…would either of those work? thanks!
red curry paste would be awesome!
Made this last week and it was delicious! Key note: very important to pad out moisture from zucchini & carrots after purée. I missed this step and my meatballs didn’t adhere well. But still tasted great!
I added cayenne for a little kick.
It was a little more time consuming for me to make–said and done it was definitely over an hour but maybe I’m just slow….
Tasted even better as the days went on!
I made these yesterday and they are awesome! I skipped the ginger because I think it tastes like soap. 🙂 And I’m thinking of adding egg to the meatball mixture next time – maybe they’ll hold together better? They started falling apart when I was browning them.
they should completely hold together without the egg, but you could definitely do that
There were great, Juli! Next time, I think I’ll add an egg to help them stay together, and I’ll make them a touch smaller so they’re easier to turn in the pan. But boy oh boy, that sauce is scrumptious, and the extra veggies packed into the meatballs are great! Will def make these again!
Made these Monday and had enough for leftovers last night too (for two). Delicious. No modifications except held back a bit on the chili flakes and used soy aminos.
Very good! I used sunflower seed butter instead of almond butter since that was all I had. I also subbed macadamia nut oil for the sesame oil which wasn’t my intention but that’s all I had. Still…it was very yummy just like every single recipe I have tried from this blog 😉
Just made these…used turkey and chicken mince as our daughter doesn’t eat pork. Everyone loved them. This is one of the first paleo recipes I have cooked that everyone liked…Will definitely be a regular from now on. Thanks for a great meal 🙂