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Celi Diet: Meatballs on Silverbeet.

I am very lucky to have grass fed, grain free beef  from my own paddocks in my own freezer. Grass fed beef is naturally lower in fat. GE/GM free. Carries up to 400 times more Vitamin A and E. It has two to four times more of that heart healthy Omega 3.  It is disease and chemical free. What more could you ask for?

Today I made meatballs with a fresh tomato sauce, served on a bed of sauteed silverbeet. This entire meal is from the kitchensgarden and fields. So it is very fresh and the nutrients and especially Vitamin C are at their peak.  To absorb the iron from the silverbeet and the beef you need to have some Vitamin C in your meal as well.

Meatballs

Chop finely in food processer

  • 1 large onion
  • 1 handful cilantro
  • 1 handful basil
  • 1 small chilli
  • 1 capsicum
  • Add this to 2 pounds of ground beef with 2 small eggs. Mix together well.  Scoop up small portions of meat mixture, shape and roll in flax seed flour.  
  • Oven bake in a little olive oil or butter until browned and cooked, turning once.

Tomato Sauce

Meanwhile cut up  and cook together with a little olive oil

  • 6 peeled and chopped tomatoes,
  • a sliced onion,
  • a fennel bulb,
  • fresh herbs and seasoning
  • While this cooks: scorch  the last big shiny eggplant from the garden over a flame until the skin is crackly and the inside is soft and mushy.
  •  Once the tomato mixture is cooked down enough, (about 30-40 minutes) mix in the peeled eggplant then blend in batches creating a lovely fresh thickened sauce. Pour over meatballs and cook for about 10 minutes. 

Silverbeet

Wash silverbeet, spinach or swiss chard and roll up like an enormous cigar. Then cut into thin strips. 
Heat about 1/4 cup of olive oil and a little chilli in a wok. When oil is smoking add all the silverbeet carefully. With two forks toss freqently until reduced.  Not soggy though. Add a handful of toasted sunflower seeds during the last few minutes.
Serve outside on the long barn door table as the sun is setting.  And absorb that wonderful quality of autumnal stillness that accompanies the sweet rustle of dried corn, and falling leaves.  Just feel that peace seeping across the still warm fields.
Have fun.
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57 responses to “Celi Diet: Meatballs on Silverbeet.”

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  4. Oh my.. I feel like these meatballs are speaking to me and telling me to make it lol. Although I’m allergic to the acidity to tomatoes, I would definitely bowl down that sauce and make this dish. Beautiful Miss C

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    • I would surely starve to death over there then. Once I decided only to eat fresh and clean you did limit ymy choices. I am just so lucky to have a few acres to grow what we eat! c

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    • Oh definitely Murphy. Grass fed and corn free has an actual meat taste! Plus because their lives have more movement and less stress the meat though a deeper red due to lack of fat, has a lighter taste. mm. I will have to think about it, taste is hard to describe. Also if a beast has been eating grass there is a Huge lack of nasties in its gut, so I guess you could call the meat a bit sweeter, less acidic.. Well to answer your question yes we can taste the difference. However it will be a steak not jelly meat so be prepared for a little more chew.

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  11. That meatballs looks lovely, I never had tried serving it this way. The only way we use silverbeet is with soups, now you gave me a wonderful idea of sauteeing it

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