Thursday, October 14, 2010

tomato meat balls

Tomato Meat Balls


Ingredients:

500g beef mince (for fat sensitive low carb lifestyle, make sure you use lean beef mince)
1/2 onion finely chopped
2 tablespoons of white wine
1 slices of ginger – finely chopped
1 teaspoon of salt
2 teaspoon of non-aspartame sugar substitute
1 tablespoon of oil
2 eggs – beaten
2 teaspoon of mixed herbs
400g can of tomato*

Instructions :

Mix the mince, onion, white wine, ginger, salt, sugar substitute, oil, eggs and mixed herbs and shape into balls
Bake the meatballs in the oven (in a baking pan) for 30minutes at 180 degrees calcius
Remove the meatballs from the oven and place on a plate
Pour the tomato in a saucepan or an microwave safe bowl and boil for 20-30 minutes or microwave on medium.
Pour the heated tomato sauce onto the meatballs

Serve with salad or vegetables

*Nutritional facts are based on Demaine Italian Crushed Tomatoes

Per 100g

Energy 92kj
Protein 1.2g
Fat 0.5
Saturated 0.2g
Carbohydrate 3.1g
Sugars 2.8g
Sodium 5mg

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