Happy 2019!
I hope you all had a lovely New Years celebration. Mine was…well, it was just another night for me. In fact, I’m writing this while watching the ball drop in New York.
Ever since my first drunken New Years in college, I haven’t really been into New Years Eve. First of all, we were drinking cotton candy burnett’s vodka. So I mean, that alone should tell you all you need to know.
But being the long time foodie I am, I cared much more about the New Years Day comfort food than the New Years Eve drinks (clearly). So when my college roommate and I rolled out of bed at 1pm for “breakfast” in Denver and found that Chili’s was the only open restaurant within walking distance of our dorm, I was pissed. I wrote off New Years then and there. Never again would I wake up hung over on January 1st and be forced to eat a mediocre quesadilla at one of the worst restaurants of all time. Chili’s sucks.
Anywho, I’ve been pretty adamant about relaxing my way into the New Year for a few years now. I’ll usually take a bath, do a face mask, meditate, finalize my resolutions, eat some form of chocolate while wishing Anderson Cooper wasn’t gay, and go to bed early.
This post has gotten off track real quick. Did it have a track in the first place?
As part of my New Years Eve routine nowadays, I always reflect on the previous year. And by that I mean, I scroll through my instagram feed and think about all the bomb-ass food I ate! I say this somewhat jokingly, but there were many years where my New Years resolution was to lose weight…when I didn’t have any weight to lose. And each and every January, I’d tighten up the restrictions I’d placed on myself and vow to eat even less in the New Year.
You see, that’s bullshit.
Sure, eating less will serve you if you’re downing 14 burritos and a big gulp every day. But if you’re already eating anywhere near paleo, caloric restriction is probably not what your body needs and I’m real sick of diet culture making us think that’s a long-term winning strategy. It’s not.
So instead of resolving to “eat better” or “get healthy” (because those are phrases that literally mean nothing), I think you should vow to eat more meatballs. Because meatballs are life.
Other meatballs you might be into:
Beef & Chicken Liver Meatballs
| Prep Time | 5 minutes |
| Cook Time | 20 minutes |
| Passive Time | 20 minutes |
| Servings |
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- 1 pound grass-fed ground beef
- 2 Tbsp coconut aminos
- 2 Tbsp almond flour
- 2 tsp fish sauce
- 2 tsp ground ginger
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp salt I used a salt w/ dried seaweed, but you can use whatever salt you prefer
Ingredients
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- Preheat oven to 375ยบ.
- In a large mixing bowl, add all ingredients and mix well.
- Using your hands, form 12 meatballs of equal size and place on a baking sheet.
- Place baking sheet in oven for 18-20 minutes, or until meatballs begin to brown on top.
- Remove from oven and serve hot!
This is a great recipe for weekly meal prep and is very freezer friendly!
You can also spice up these meatballs with the probiotic infused kimchi salt from Firefly Kitchens!