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If you’re looking for something sweet, sticky and delicious, you’ve found it right here. These Balsamic Honey Meatballs are the bomb! They are simple to mix up and they bake while you put together the sauce that makes all the messy meatball-making worth it.
They’d be great for a casual appetizer for a get-together or for the main dish of a family meal like we ate them. Sometimes I like to make an entire meal of just appetizers and finger foods – fun, right? I included some amazing marinated veggies for dinner that night along with these meatballs.
Don’t forget, the recipe gives the option to keep it all keto/low-carb. Just substitute the honey for your favorite low-carb sweetener. It’s delicious either way!
If you’re not familiar with this brand, Fat & Happy Foods, that’s because it’s relatively new. Right now, it’s the only salad dressing on the market that’s made with ketone-producing MCT oil. You can read more about why ketones are good and how MCT oil assists them.
Fat & Happy also has two other salad dressings, Italian and Ranch, that I’ve done a bunch of great recipes for. You can find them here by searching for “Fat & Happy” or by following them on Instagram and going to their stories. The recipes live there too.
If you’d like to find out where these dressings are sold, you can check out their website.
Balsamic Honey Meatballs
Rich, sweet, sticky pork meatballs made low-carb with Fat & Happy’s Balsamic Dressing. Mix these up for your next get together and make everyone Fat & Happy!
- Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
- Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients
For the meatballs:
2 lbs. ground pork
1 ½ Tbls raw honey
½ cup almond flour
1/2 cup minced onion
1 tsp minced garlic
1 Tbls fresh rosemary, minced
1 tsp dried thyme (1 Tbls fresh thyme)
½ tsp mineral salt
For the BBQ sauce:
1 cup sugar-free catsup (or ½ cup tomato sauce with your choice of sweetener added to taste)
1 cup Fat & Happy Balsamic Vinaigrette salad dressing
¼ cup honey (or low-carb sweetener of your choice)
1 Tbls Worcestershire sauce
2 tsp Dijon mustard
½ tsp mineral salt
½ tsp garlic powder
½ tsp onion powder
Instructions
For the meatballs:
Preheat oven to 400˚.
Combine all ingredients and mix well with your hands.
Form into 1 ½” meatballs.
Bake for 30 – 40 minutes or until golden brown.
For the BBQ sauce:
Combine all ingredients and bring to a simmer for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Pour hot sauce over meatballs and serve with slivered green onions.
- Prep Time: 30 mins
- Cook Time: 40 mins
- Category: Main dish
- Method: baked