Italian sausage meatballs

Ingredients:

1 pound extra lean ground beef (or ½ extra lean ground turkey and ½ extra lean ground beef)
500 gm sweet or hot Italian sausage
2 cloves garlic
¼ cup roughly chopped flat leaf parsley (or dried parsley)
¼ small Spanish onion, roughly chopped (or blended in food processor)
¼ red onion, roughly chopped (or blended in food processor)
1 zucchini (optional)
2 eggs
1 teaspoon red pepper flakes (optional)
Coarse grind black pepper
extra virgin organic coconut oil

Remove the Italian sausage from its casing. Mix all of the ingredients, (except for coconut oil), together until well combined. Roll the meatballs into the desired size.
To cook, heat coconut oil in a sauté pan over medium to medium-high heat. Once hot, add the meatballs. Fry 5-7 minutes, until bottom is browned.
Turn meatballs to opposite side and fry until that side is nicely browned, another 5-7 minutes. Cut one open to determine if it is fully cooked on the inside. If not quite done, turn heat to low and cover pan for a few more minutes or put meatballs in a warm oven while you fry another batch.
*Option, add fresh herbs, (rosemary, thyme, oregano, etc.) to the above mixture.
You can also omit the turkey sausage and only use ground meat.