Wow, time has flown by and I finally had some time to sit down and share a meal with ya'll!! It was one of those nights where we had some random items hanging around and the Italian came out in me full force with this one!! Spaghetti and meatballs is a favorite of mine. I love to throw in all sorts of yummies to make it a little less ordinary! So, I pulled the drawers out of the fridge and looked for things I needed to make fast before they went bad and realized I could make a mean spaghetti dinner! It was fabulous and everything was just hanging around our cabinets and fridge, so here is how I dressed it up.
I threw a package of spaghetti in a large pot and started that cooking, while Dee Jay started on the meatballs. We had a little over a pound of ground Italian sausage ready to be cooked so he mashed up the meat and threw in a couple handfuls of finely diced onion, and tossed in a little handful of oatmeal. I had a left-over jar of Ragu spaghetti sauce, so I tossed that on a back-burner and chopped the rest of the onion and tossed it in. I added a dash (shake the container once or twice) of oregano and parsley. Then found some red pepper flakes to add a kick to the sauce! When the spaghetti was done, I drained the water in the sink added a splash of red wine vinegar and about two tablespoons of butter. We tossed the sauce in with spaghetti and left it on the stove on low while the meatballs finished cooking!
When everything was ready to go I warmed up some garlic bread in the oven and served it up!! The meal saved an onion and a jar of sauce from meeting their doom! It's so easy to grab things around your kitchen and start cooking something regular and give it a little individual taste of your own! If you're out of ideas for cooking and about to throw a microwave meal in, look around and think to yourself what tastes good together and what could make an easy meal when you're at the end of your groceries!! You'll find you have enough food left to feed a family of 10 for a week if you really use your brain :) It's fun to cook like this, even though some people think it's scary or afraid they will just mess it up! You know what tastes good to you...So, I'm challenging you to try it out! It's fun to come up with a meal by yourself and we LOVED this! I could eat Italian food every single day, so it didn't take long to know what I wanted to do! If you get a good idea going, send them my way!! I love to hear what ya'll are cooking in your kitchens!! Stay tuned because I just made an incredible venison roast that will be added very soon!! Hunting season is almost upon us once again, and this girl could not be more excited to finally have some meat back in the freezer!!
Sprinkle some Parmesan cheese on top when you're ready to eat :)
~HAPPY EATING~
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