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Simple Spaghetti and Meatballs

Prep Time: 40 minutes
Cook Time: 35 minutes
Servings: 23 Meatballs
Who doesn’t love spaghetti and meatballs – it’s a classic combination that is a crowd-pleaser. I know on other posts that I’ve mentioned the dinner requests that I get from my husband and that they are usually one of five different meals – well spaghetti is almost always one of those requests. Whether it’s spaghetti and meatballs or just simple spaghetti with ground beef in the sauce, it’s requested quite a bit in my household. No matter if the sauce is a meat sauce or a simple tomato sauce with meatballs, I do use this simple tomato sauce a lot. The nice thing about this sauce is that I use things that are staples in our house like canned tomatoes, simple canned tomato sauce, garlic, onions, and some dried herbs. It’s a great recipe for those nights that you don’t know what to make and don’t want to or can’t spend all night in the kitchen cooking. I like using certain canned tomatoes that are low in salt and that only consist of a few ingredients to keep this recipe a little simpler.
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Ingredients

Meatballs

  • 1 lb ground beef
  • 1 cup Italian Style breadcrumbs
  • 2 eggs
  • salt & pepper to taste

Simple Spaghetti Sauce

  • 1 can tomato sauce
  • 1 can diced tomatoes
  • 2 tbs olive oil
  • 3 small onion diced
  • 2 garlic cloves minced
  • 2 tbs Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 tsp dried basil
  • 1 tsp dried parsley
  • 1 tsp dried Italian seasoning
  • 2 bay leaves dried or fresh
  • 2 tbs sugar

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit
  • In a bowl combine ground meat, breadcrumbs, eggs and season to taste with salt and pepper.
  • Take a scoop of the meat mixture and form a ball in your hands by gently rolling the meat around.
  • Place your meatballs on a greased baking sheet and place in the oven. Bake for 20 mins.
  • While the meatballs are cooking in a pot add the onion, garlic and olive oil and simmer for about 5 mins.
  • Add the diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, water, Worcestershire sauce, basil, parsley, Italian seasoning, and bay leaves and sugar to the onions and garlic and simmer.
  • Once the meatballs are cooked you can drain them on paper towels to remove the excess grease and then you can add them to the simple tomato sauce. You can either let them simmer in the sauce for a while or you can serve them right away warm from the oven.