GF Thai Meatballs

These meatballs meet all the family dietary requirements in our house. Dairy free, gluten free, and the kids love them. They can easily be made Paleo friendly by changing the peanut butter to sun butter. They are easy to make ahead of time and they go fast, so you might want to double the recipe.

Thai Meatballs

Ingredients:

1 T lard

1/2 red pepper, chopped

3 cloves garlic, minced

1/2 cup almond flour

1 t organic peanut butter

1 t texas pete hot sauce

1 T agave syrup

1 T fresh basil leaves, chopped

1 T lime juice

1 egg
1 T braggs liquid aminos
1 tsp sea salt

1 lb grass fed ground beef

How Tos:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Heat lard in a heavy skillet on  medium high heat. Add the chopped red pepper and saute until starting to brown. Add the garlic and continue to cook until garlic is brown and starts the caramelize. Remove to medium sized bowl. Add next 9(nine) ingredients to the bowl and mix well. Incorporate beef into this wet mixture, ensuring that the mixture is well combined. Form into 1" balls and place on baking sheet. Bake for 20 minutes. Rotate meatballs and bake 10 minutes more. Drain grease off to pot for cooking rice. Make your brown rice using the drippings as your oil/butter. Keep meatballs in a warming dish until rice is ready.