Low Carb Meatballs Recipe easy low carb foods & recipes for weight loss
These low carb meatballs are tasty as well as quick and easy to make. The recipe yields four servings. Halve or quarter the recipe if fewer meatballs are required.
This is a good low carbohydrate meal for weight loss. Serve with a green salad or low carb vegetables.
The meatball mixture can be prepared a few hours or a day ahead of cooking and kept refrigerated until required.
Low carb meatball recipe: ingredients
1 ½ lbs of ground (minced) beefsteak (preferably grass-fed or organic)
8 scallions (spring onions) finely chopped
1 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil
2 garlic cloves (optional) finely minced
2 organic eggs, beaten
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
½ teaspoon of sage (optional)
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon of sea salt
1 bunch of chopped cilantro (coriander) to garnish
Use organic ingredients as much as possible.
Low carb meatball recipe: method
Heat the oven to 375 degrees.
In a skillet, gently cook the chopped scallions (spring onions) with the minced garlic until slightly softened.
In a large bowl, mix the softened scallions and garlic, with the ground beef, sage, cheese, beaten eggs, salt, and pepper. Divide the mixture into meatballs, each approximately 1½ inch (the size of a golf ball).
Arrange the meatballs on a baking sheet and bake in the oven for 25 minutes.
When cooked, sprinkle with the chopped cilantro (coriander) and serve hot with a fresh green salad or low carb vegetables.
This baked meatball recipe yields 4 servings.
grams of proteins 45/ grams of carbs 3 / grams of fat 30
Low carb vegetables play an important part in a healthy low carb diet. However, not all vegetables are equal in carbohydrates. Some vegetables are relatively high in carbohydrates.
If you are unsure which vegetables are best for a low carb diet, see our free Low Carb Vegetables Chart. You will find the link to that page awaiting you further down this page.
This completes the low carb meatball recipe. Avoid any ingredients to which you are sensitive or allergic. Consuming anything to which one is (perhaps unknowingly) sensitive or allergic can inhibit weight loss.
If you are unsure and you would like to know how to test this out for yourself, see our "Paleolithic diet" page [listed on the navigation/menu buttons].
Low carb pages relating to this page
Of course, the best low carb meals should be part of a comprehensive low carbohydrate diet. For more on low carb diets, low carb foods and low carb recipes, see the following sections of our website:
In you would like some book suggestions in relation to low carb foods, low carb diet, or low carb recipes, see our "best self-help books" page listed on the navigation/menu buttons.
Meanwhile, here are some relevant initial suggestions:
Eades and Eades, The Low-Carb Comfort Food Cookbook
Eades and Eades, Protein Power
Eades and Eades, The Protein Power Lifeplan
Price, Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
Cordain, The Paleo Diet Cookbook
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