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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 (565g) Recipe makes 6 servings
Calories 867
Calories from Fat 242		(28%)
Amount Per Serving		%DV
	Total Fat 27.0g	41%
	Saturated Fat 8.7g	43%
	Monounsaturated Fat 10.1g
	Polyunsaturated Fat 4.4g
	Trans Fat 1.0g
Cholesterol 172mg		57%
Sodium 1927mg		80%
Potassium 1806mg		51%
Total Carbohydrate 100.9g		33%
	Dietary Fiber 4.3g	17%
	Sugars 29.0g
Protein 51.6g		103%
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Charmie777

Easy Spaghetti and Meatballs

Recipe #140839 | 1 hour | 15 min prep | add private note

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By: Charmie777
Oct 10, 2005

This is a very tasty dish that I've had lots of compliments on, even tho I cheat and use jarred sauce (shhh)...I think the slow simmering of the flavorful meatballs really makes this taste homemade all the way!!! This makes a lot, so I usually use the leftovers to make meatball subs.

SERVES 6 -8 (change servings and units)

Ingredients

2 (30 ounce) jars spaghetti sauce
2 lbs lean ground beef
2 eggs
3/4 cup dry breadcrumbs
1/4 cup fresh parsley, chopped
1 garlic clove, minced
1/2-1 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup parmesan cheese
1 lb spaghetti, cooked al dente

Directions

1
Place sauce in a large saucepan and simmer over medium heat.
2
In large bowl mix beef, eggs, crumbs, parsley, garlic, salt and parmesan.
3
Shape into 18 meatballs.
4
Place meatballs in simmering sauce.
5
When sacue returns to a simmer, cover and cook 30-35 minutes (or more!) till cooked through.
6
Serve sauce and meatballs over warm spaghetti.

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From: Chef #210104

On Oct 29, 2009

Thanks for a super easy and delicious recipe. My husband said it's awesome Meatballs came out soft and cooked well in marinara sauce. This is a keeper. Thanks again!

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From: Wugfun

On Sep 11, 2009

Very easy to make, held together wonderfully! Thank you!

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From: Mrs.R

On Sep 27, 2007

SO simple! This was my first time making meatballs, and I've heard horror stories about meatballs falling apart, but not with Charmie's recipe! I halved the recipe as there are only 2 of us, and I then halved the meat(I used ground turkey)-so I only used 1/2 lb of ground turkey. I'm not sure how they turned out being as I cut back on the meat, but somehow, they did! This recipe had us raving! Many thanks!

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From: Seashorewalker

On Mar 1, 2009

I used tukey and made an error on pounds of meat vs all the rest of the ingredients. I discovered this just as I'm posting this review and oddly enough my intention before this discovery was spectacular and still is! I used 1/2 LB of ground turkey meat (our preference), 1 egg and half all the rest listed. Only difference in cooking method was I combined all for the meatballs as ground meat into a pan and fried it. I mean, egg, parmasean, breadcrumbs parsley everything. I mixed it all together and fried it instead of the balls because we prefer it more in pieces instead. It all fried up well. After the meat was fried to almost done I added the spaghetti sauce and cooked a while further until all was simmering hot. The combination of all in this meat mixture produced a superb taste! And don't forget I accidently double all the rest of the ingredients! This is a definite keeper recipe I will enjoy for years to come. Many thanks! Well deserving of 5 stars and more! PS.. The ground turkey worked well. I'm dieting and my husband hates beef. I would do again the same way.

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