Chicken Meatballs are a child-friendly dinner that’s healthy and super easy to make. I’ve been serving these gluten-free chicken meatballs to the boys since they were in elementary school and this is one of their favorite high-protein dinners. I love serving these paleo meatballs over homemade zoodles.
If you aren’t familiar with zoodles, you’ll definitely want to check out my fabulous tutorial called How to Make Zucchini Noodles. I top these Chicken Meatballs and Zucchini Noodles with the homemade Tomato Sauce from my first book, The Gluten-Free Almond Flour Cookbook
- 1 cup zucchini, chopped (about 1 zucchini)
- 1 cup carrots, chopped (about 2 carrots)
- ½ cup parsley, coarsely chopped
- 3 medium cloves garlic
- ¼ cup blanched almond flour (not almond meal)
- 1 large eggs
- 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1 teaspoon celtic sea salt
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
- ¼ teaspoon chili powder
- In a food processor, pulse together zucchini, carrots, parsley, and garlic
- Add almond flour, egg, and chicken
- Add salt, pepper, and chili powder and process until thoroughly combined
- Drop tablespoon sized balls onto a parchment lined baking sheet
- Bake meatballs at 350° for 20 to 25 minutes
- Serve
This recipe is based on a gluten-free chicken meatball recipe from Kelly Broznya at the Spunky Coconut
Here are some of my other easy paleo dinner recipes for you!
al says
is there a way to sub the egg and almond flour with? kids are allergic to eggs and nut based products.
Elana says
Hi Al, I haven’t tried that so not sure. Here are a couple of links you might like:
https://elanaspantry.com/diets/egg-free/
https://elanaspantry.com/diets/nut-free/
I hope you find some recipes in those that work for your kidos.
Elana