Friday, August 17, 2012

Rebecca's Spaghetti and Meatballs


I adore meatballs, such a comfort food as are all pasta dishes to me, I remember making you all laugh with the amount of times I made lasagna while pregnant! 
These are easy to make and great for leftovers as busy folks we all need a day of from cooking and enjoy leftovers:-)



Ingredients:

  • one pack of lean minced beef/ hamburger meat
  • 1/2 a red onion chopped
  • 4 cloves of chopped garlic
  • a handful of fresh basil chopped
  • a handful of fresh oregano chopped
  • salt and pepper to taste 
  • one can of chopped tomatoes
  • 1/2 a small can of tomato paste 
  • one egg
  • 1/4 cup of bread crumbs 
  • 1/2 a pack of spaghetti
  • one teaspoon of Italian herbs 
Method:

  1. mix the meat with an egg, onion, bread crumbs, garlic and herbs 
  2. then form small balls and slowly saute them in olive oil, turning as not to burn on a low to medium heat cook them till they are 3/4 cooked about 10-15 minutes 
  3. then add the can of tomatoes, salt and pepper and slowly mix in desired amount of tomato paste to get a think tomato sauce and simmer for a further 10 min
  4. serve with al dente spaghetti and a side salad
If you look closely there are peas in my spaghetti as a dietitian I always throw frozen vegetables in with pasta :-) just can't help myself.



Have a wonderful weekend everyone

hugs



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27 comments:

  1. Rebecca I love meatballs; and this playe look amazing:)

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  2. One of my all time favorite meals! And I make a mean bolognese sauce as well! Yum!

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  3. This is going to the top of the list after my vegan cleanse!

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  4. yumm, great comfort food :) have a nice week end

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  5. A lovely spaghetti & meatballs recipe!

    I will make this but will make smaller bitsesized balls! yummm!
    Have a fun weekend! :) xxx

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  6. Simple, straight-forward - the most important components of a recipe.

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  7. And with peas...creative idea!

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  8. These look great! I'm a huge fan of spaghetti and meatballs but rarely ever make them. Yum!

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  9. Spaghetti and meat balls looks perfect.

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  10. Spaghetti and meatballs are one of the best comfort foods! I love them too and yours looks delicious. Love the pea addition :)

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  11. I love both meatballs and Bolognaise and I always enjoy eating growing up. Now I get to eat more often thanks to my kids who love them also! Yours look delicious and now I started to have cravings for it!

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  12. Meatballs are comfort food! I like meatballs, though I don't make them as often as I would like to :)

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  13. Looks sooo good! Definitely one of my favorite comfort foods for sure:)

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  14. My kids love meatballs and I make them once a week! Yours look delicious!

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