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Your taste buds will love the combination of sweet and savory flavors in this paleo and all-natural Sweet Potato Spaghetti with Chicken Meatballs!
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I’m currently in Fort Polk for training, and will be here for three weeks, so posts will be scarce until I return home, but I did manage to get a post together for you all!
Have you tried sweet potato noodles?
Well, if you haven’t, you probably should, because they’re pretty awesome. Â Especially if you love sweet potatoes. Â I do. Â Adding them to this recipe added a nice hint of sweetness to the dish.
If you don’t have a spiralizer, you can use a julienne peeler to make noodles, but that may prove to be a little more tedious.  I would definitely recommend a spiralizer, I love mine! I have used it to make zucchini noodles, sweet potato noodles, curly fries–you can do so much with it, even slice onions faster. This is the Spiralizer I use. It was around $30, and it works great! I love it, and it makes it  super easy to make your own veggie noodles!
To make sweet potato noodles with the spiralizer, peel the potatoes, then slice a piece off of the ends to make them flat, so that the teeth of the spiralizer can grab onto it. Â place the spaghetti blade in and start turning! Â I suggest cutting the noodles every so often, otherwise you end up with some very long noodles.
Once I added the ingredients to the pan to make the marinara sauce, my senses sparked. Â The smell made me feel like I was in a fancy Italian restaurant. Â Nope, I was still in my kitchen! Tasting the sauce was even better, and made me think wow, I made that? Once combined with the sweetness of the sweet potato noodles and the meatballs, my taste-buds were elated! This was fun to make, and even better to eat!
This sweet potato spaghetti dish was tasty and made for an enjoyable paleo meal. Â I think I want to use sweet potato noodles for all of my pasta dishes now!
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- 2 medium sweet potatoes
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- 1 lb ground chicken
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1/4 tsp oregano
- 1/2 tsp sage
- 1/2 medium sweet onion diced
- 1 clove of garlic minced
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1-15 oz can crushed tomatoes
- 1 tsp maple syrup omit for Whole30
- 2 Tbsp water
- 1/4 tsp basil
- 1/4 tsp rosemary
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Heat oven to 400 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
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In a mixing bowl, add all meatball ingredients and mix well. Rub hands lightly with a dab of olive oil and form small 1-2 inch meatballs, arrange on the baking sheet (yielded about 30 meatballs for me).
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Place the meatballs in the oven and bake for 15 minutes. Remove.
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Spiralize your sweet potatoes. In a pan over medium to high heat, heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil. Add the sweet potato noodles and cook for 5-10 minutes until they are your desired texture, turning frequently with tongs to keep from burning. or becoming stuck.
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In a large skillet, heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil over medium heat. Add the onion and garlic to the pan and cook until the onion is translucent.
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Add the tomatoes, syrup, water and spices to the pan and stir for a couple minutes, until the sauce is mixed well. Lower heat to low-medium.
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Add the meatballs to the sauce. Stir for about five minutes.
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Serve meatballs and sauce over the sweet potato noodles. Enjoy!
So I’ve done the zucchini and squash ‘pastas’, but never thought to try it with sweet potatoes. I can imagine the sweetness from the potatoes with the savoriness of the tomato sauce must be divine.
YUM! I LOVE sweet potatoes! Love that you made the noodles out of them – and with chicken meatballs and a yummy sauce? I bet its an amazing dinner!
I love this idea! I’ve done a lot of zucchini and carrot noodles and even beets, but I’ve never thought about sweet potato noodles. Such a perfect option when you want something a little heartier and more stable than zucchini, but still healthier than typical noodles. Genius!
This looks like my kind of dish! I really need to buy a spiralizer! Really inspired to serve sweet potatoes with the chicken meatballs!
Wow, that looks so comforting! I never tried sweet potato spaghetti before, but I am really intrigued. Great idea!
This looks so delicious and healthy! I love that you have used sweet potato instead of pasta!