Friday, July 11, 2008

Homemade Meatballs

So lately I have been doing a lot of cooking. Cooking is one of my favorite hobbies and it goes along with my love for entertaining. Since I have been having trouble with food allergies it has motivated my to cook even more than usual. Plus I have been spoiled because my husband has been home every night this week for dinner. I TiVo Rachael Ray's 30 minutes meals because they are practical in regards to making dinner after work. I thought I would start listing some of my favorite recipes. Some of these have been passed down from our families others I found online and some are from the Food Network.

Monday Night I made spaghetti and meatballs. I have never made my own meatballs but it was super easy and fun. Most importantly my 100% Italian husband said they were good:)

Aunt Lena's Meatball's

1 lb of ground beef
2 cloves of garlic
1 egg
2 handfuls of breadcrumbs (I used gluten free bread crumbs)
1 handful of Parmesan or Romano cheese
1 TBS parsley

Pre-heat oven to 450
Mix all the ingredients together
Get hands wet and roll into balls
Place meatballs on a cookie sheet
Cook for 20 minutes

We ate this with homemade marinara sauce over pasta ( I had brown rice pasta and he had ravioli) and some steamed green beans.

3 comments:

Diane Davis said...

these look easy enough for EVEN ME to do!

Anonymous said...

Mmmm this sounds so yummy! I've made meatballs a few times, and if you're making a bunch, it's super easy to use a small ice cream scoop to save time rolling them into balls. (I also do this for cookies)

edie said...

My daughter is hard to please these days and she's very much a carnivore. I hadn't thought of meatballs as a good option for her and I know she'll love them. Thanks for the inspiration, Julie!