These Paleo Sausage Balls are absolutely delicious and the most perfect appetizer for any party!
I have always had trouble finding the perfect Paleo appetizer. I needed a dish that’s bitesized, flavorful, and appeals to everyone! These sausage balls meet all the criteria of my checklist. My kitchen has been filled with Holiday baking for the past week. It’s tradition for my mom and I to bake our hearts out and then send treats to all our friends and family. This year we included two Paleo options for all of our friends (Grain Free Banana Bread and Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Bark).
These sausage balls are awesome for breakfast with a fried egg! They are the perfect combo of carb/fat/protein from the sweet potato and the sausage. I like to use local sausage meat from the Farmer’s Market. I used pork sausage but you can use turkey or chicken sausage too! Also using local sweet potatoes made these super delicious!
This semester is finally over for me, and I’m really enjoying my Christmas break! As soon as final exams were done, I jumped right into studying for the MCAT that I’m taking in January. Weirdly, I got more excited to study for the MCAT than to study for my final exams. This past semester I took a lot of my business classes for my minor and it made me realize how much I love my math and science classes! Now off to nomenclature, body systems, and physics I go… Happy Holidays!!
- 1 large sweet potato
- 1 tbsp. organic Dijon mustard
- ⅓ cup coconut flour
- 2 tbsp. organic butter
- 2 tbsp. chopped Trinity seasonings (onion, bell pepper, and celery combination_
- 2 tsp. Italian seasoning
- 2 large eggs
- sea salt and pepper, to taste
- 1 lb. pork sausage or chorizo
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Put sweet potato in a microwave safe bowl with about ½ inch of water and cover with a lid or paper towel. Microwave on high for 6-8 minutes until fork tender. Let cool and peel and dice.
- At same time as potato is cooking, cook sausage in a cast iron or other skillet. When halfway cooked, add the chopped seasonings, mustard and Italian seasoning and cook until sausage is browned. Drain on paper towels.
- Put potato in a large mixing bowl and mash. Add remaining ingredients. Add the eggs last so that they don’t start to cook with the hot sausage. Mix until well blended.
- Scoop 2 teaspoons and roll into a ball and place on a parchment lined baking sheet. These scoops do not spread so they can be placed fairly close together. Bake for 30-35 minutes or until browned and cooked throughout. Remove from oven and let rest for 15 minutes.
Linda says
Sorry if this is a dumb question, but what are “chopped seasonings”?
Monica Bravo says
Thanks for asking! I meant to clarify but forgot to change it. The chopped seasoning I use is a mixture of bell pepper, onion, and celery!
Karen says
Can I just use Mrs. Dash or something like that?
Laura Fuentes says
You can!
Wendy says
Do you serve these warm or room temp? If you serve them warm, can you make ahead of time and reheat?
Thanks!
Monica Bravo says
Warm! And yes I would reheat them in the oven though because microwave will dry them out.
Amy J says
made these last night- they were awesome! My kids wolfed them down, even after my husband asked if there were sweet potatoes in them. Thanks!!
Monica Bravo says
Awesome! Happy to hear it Amy! 🙂
Laura VW says
Just popped these in the oven and they smell and look amazing. Going to enjoy these for lunches!!!
Monica Bravo says
Yay! Hope you liked them.
Laura VW says
Beyond good!!!
Erik says
How many sausage balls does this make? I’m thinkng of making them for a party and may have to double/triple the recipe if need be.
Monica Bravo says
About 24, depending on the size you make them!
Laura VW says
I used a small cookie scoop. I think I got more than 2 dozen as noted by Monica. I filled a 9×13 jelly roll pan, spaced close together because I knew they wouldn’t expand (like cookies). Delish, by the way!
lisa says
If we dont have coconut flour and we’re not paleo, can we use white whole wheat flour or any other type of flour? Is the measurement still the same?
Monica Bravo says
I haven’t tried it but it should work just fine with whole wheat flour!
Nancy says
I love these sausage balls! I make them all the time.so delicious…