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Meatballs and Mushroom Gravy

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Category:     Entree

Description:
This recipe is delicious and may be suitable for all blood types with slight modifications. It is fabulous served over mashed sweet potatoes; also good over brown rice.


General applicability:

Meatballs and Mushroom Gravy
Green: recipe contains only neutral or a beneficials ingredients for that type.
Yellow: recipe contains an secondary avoid ingredient that may be substituted by a more permissable one.
Orange: contains an avoid in a primary ingredient.



Ingredient list:
  • 1 pound ground turkey, chicken or beef
  • 1/4 cup seasoned bread crumbs (per type)
  • 1/4 cup chopped onion
  • 2 egg whites
  • 2 Tablespoons fresh parsley (or 1 Tablespoon dried)
  • 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1 cup shiitake mushrooms, trimmed and sliced (or other suitable type)
  • 1/4 cup sherry or white wine
  • 1 cup beef, turkey, chicken or vegetable broth
  • 1 Tablespoon cornstarch or arrowroot powder
  • 1 Tablespoon dried thyme


How to make it:
  • Combine ground meat, bread crumbs, onion, egg whites, parsley and salt.
  • Roll into 2'' meatballs.
  • In a large skillet, add enough olive oil to cover bottom of pan.
  • Heat oil over medium heat.
  • Add meatballs and brown for about 5 minutes.
  • Add sliced mushrooms and cook until meatballs are cooked through, about 3 more minutes.
  • In a small bowl, dissolve cornstarch or arrowroot in sherry and broth.
  • Add broth mixture and thyme to meatballs.
  • Bring to boil and simmer about 1 minute, until gravy thickens.
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Blood Type Diet Analysis:


Core Ingredients Analysis:
The ingredients in this category are either BTD compliant for all types or the recipe author and/or editor did not suggest a possible substitution. If this category contains avoids for your blood type this recipe may not work for you, unless you feel like you can omit the item or make an appropriate substitution.

Ingredient
A
B
O
AB
A NS
B NS
O NS
AB NS
Sea Salt
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
Thyme
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
Egg White, Chicken
N
N
N
B
N
N
N
B
Parsley
B
B
B
B
N
B
B
B
Onion, all types
B
N
B
N
B
B
B
N


Variations and Substitutions Analysis:
This category of ingredients contains possible substitutions that may allow different blood types to use the recipe or ingredients that can be left out of the recipe altogether.

Ingredient
A
B
O
AB
A NS
B NS
O NS
AB NS
Chicken
N
A
N
A
N
A
N
A
Turkey
N
N
N
B
B
N
N
B
Mushroom, White, Silver Dollar
B
N
A
N
A
N
N
N
Wine, White
N
N
A
N
B
B
A
N
Mushroom, Shiitake
A
B
A
A
N
B
A
A
Cornstarch
N
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
Arrowroot
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
Beef
A
N
B
A
A
N
B
A


Macronutrient Analysis:

This recipe may contain macronutrients with important effects on health

  • The recipe may contain ingredients high in lignans
  • The recipe may contain ingredients encourage health microbiome balance