Aunt Rocky’s Easy Meatballs in Mushroom and Wine Sauce (Low Carb, Gluten Free)

Place all of the meatball ingredients in a medium size mixing bowl and mix well. Roll meat mixture into small meatballs, about 1 inch across. You need to end up with 25 meatballs.

Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add meatballs and cook, turning every few minutes, until they are browned on all sides, about 10 minutes. Remove meatballs from the skillet, retain all pan juices.

Add sliced mushrooms to the pan and cook until mushrooms have released their juice and browned, turning to brown both sides.

Pour the simmer sauce into the pan, and scrape the bottom of the pan well to get all of the bits mixed in with the sauce. Add the red wine and spices, stir all together.

Return the meatballs to the pan, stirring to get them all coated with sauce. Reduce heat to simmer, cover, simmer for 10 minutes for flavors to blend.

Each serving is 5 meatballs, plus a portion of the sauce.

Notes:
• Serve over cauliflower rice, mashed cauliflower, or your favorite low carb noodle. Be sure to count additional carbs for whichever of these you choose. I serve this with 1 package of drained Zeroodles With Oat Fiber Linguine mixed in after the simmer (not included in nutrition panel). If you use a water packed noodle, be sure to drain well, and pat dry with paper towels so they doesn’t water down the sauce.
• If you don’t have bay leaf powder, break a bay leaf into 4 pieces and place around the pan in the sauce. Be sure to remove them before serving.
• Nutrition estimates are based on My Fitness Pal’s online recipe analyzer. Brand names are included only to assure more accurate estimates. The recipe is stored on and available to MFP users for logging in their food diaries.
• For more Atkins/low carb/keto recipes and cooking tips, look for Aunt Rocky’s Low Carb Recipes & Tips Group on Facebook, or follow me on Pinterest at auntrocky2.

Per serving: Calories 347, Total Fat 26 g, Saturated Fat 11 g, Sodium 581 mg, Potassium 425 mg, Total Carbohydrate 8 g, Dietary Fiber 2 g, Sugars 0 g, Protein 19 g. Macros: 70% fat, 23% protein, 7% carbs.

© September 22, 2018 Roxana Lopez for Aunt Rocky’s.