Greek Meatballs

Paleo ground beef or pork, lamb, chicken, turkey (or combination of beef and pork) plain breadcrumbs (paleo - omit, gluten free - use GF breadcrumbs) finely chopped red onion garlic minced finely chopped Kalamata olives (I use and recommend Lindsay Naturals Kalamata Olives) chopped fresh parsley chopped fresh mint large egg Salt freshly ground black pepper Paprika ground cinnamon freshly ground nutmeg oregano Thyme medium eggplant (choose one that isn't too fat but more slender to avoid too many bitter seeds), peeled and diced into ¼ inch pieces garlic, peels left intact extra-virgin olive oil medium Red onion chopped small red bell pepper, seeded and diced dry red wine (or use white if using chicken or turkey) can crushed tomatoes (I recommend certified San Marzano's from Italy) chopped sun-dried tomatoes in oil, drained whole Kalamata olives, drained (I use and recommend Lindsay Naturals Kalamata Olives)

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