Meatball sub sandwiches used to be a favorite of mine, before I went grain free.I needed to make a paleo- friendly version. This is really a “go to” meal for me. And can be made relatively fast, if I have the meatballs or bread made in advance.
There is a link you can click on below the recipe for my grain free garlic bread shown in photo. It is a fast, easy, grain free, 1 to 2 serving, bread you can make very quickly.
This is made with flax meal, or can be made with a coconut flour option, for those who can’t tolerate flax. I usually have it baking in the oven while I’m making the meatballs and sauce. And the bread is done before the meatballs are done. Click below for Grain free Garlic Bread Recipe: garlic or plain sandwich bread
RECIPE AND DIRECTIONS BELOW:
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Paleo Meatball Sub
Ingredients
- MEATBALLS :
- ½ lb Ground Beef or Ground Turkey
- 1 Egg
- 1 teaspoon Italian Seasonings
- 1 teaspoon Garlic Powder
- ½ tablespoon Oil of choice ( Olive oil coconut oil, etc.)
- ½ tablespoon Coconut flour or flax meal.
- SAUCE:
- 1 ounce can 8 Organic Tomato Puree or sauce
- 1 Clove Garlic peeled and minced
- 2 teaspoon Italian Seasonings
- 1 teaspoon Garlic Powder
- 1 tablespoon Onion minced * optional
- 1 tablespoon Green or Black Olives sliced or chopped *optional
- 1 tablespoon Mushrooms chopped * optional
- 2 slices paleo bread recipe link for the paleo garlic bread shown in photo is below.
Instructions
- Mix in a large bowl all meatball ingredients except the ½ tablespoon oil.
- Form meat mixture into small round balls.
- Heat a fry pan on stove-top and add oil.
- Place meatballs in pan and fry on all sides till browned, then cover pan and cook on medium for 7 minutes.
- While meatballs are cooking, put a sauce pan on medium heat and add all the sauce ingredients.
- Bring sauce to a medium boil and add the meatballs to the boiling sauce.
- Turn down heat to low, then cover and simmer for 10 minutes.
- Top paleo bread with meatballs and sauce ( there is a link below for paleo garlic flat bread recipe).
- Top with cheese of choice * optional
- Serve.
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Nutrition
Nutrition Facts: Serving size: ½ of recipe Calories: 265 Fat: 17 g Carbohydrates: 6.5 g / Net Carbs: 5 g Sugar: 1 g Fiber: 1.5 g Protein: 17.4 g
Grain Free Garlic Flat Bread Recipe: garlic or plain sandwich bread
jenny d says
Are the nutrition facts for the whole sandwich or just the sauce and meatballs? Looks really yummy! Thanks!
Stacey says
Hi Jenny, the nutrition data is for the the meatballs and sauce, and the nutritional data for the bread is on the bread recipe page. The bread is only adds 1 g net carbs. If you are counting net carbs. I will work on putting those together and in the post, so it is easier to see the nutritional data for the whole sandwich.
~Stacey 🙂
Betsy says
This looks really good! I can't wait to try it.
Stacey says
Hi Betsy, I hope you like it. Let me know if you have any questions. Thank you for commenting and trying.
Sincerely,
Stacey