Meat-ghetti

Ok, ok...so the kid decided that his dinner needed to be crammed into his empty apple sauce cup instead of his stomach, but what does he know? He drinks soapy bath water, after all. Spaghetti is pretty fool proof. We all have are own version. We've all made it a thousand times. Let's face it, spaghetti can get kind of boring. The only way to solve this limp noodle issue is to add lots of balls, of course!

So beyond the obvious beef balls, there are plenty of other additions. I really like spaghetti with bacon or crispy prosciutto. Last night I went with sausage, per request of baby daddy.

Now, this isn't rocket science people. Just roll your small balls in the sausage. Uh, flip that. Roll your sausage into small balls and bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes. Cut one in half to make sure there is no pink left. And no one likes greasy balls so be sure to lay them on some paper towels prior to serving.

On the left we have your standard meatball ( which I will post a recipe

of in a later blog ) and on the right are the sausage balls.

Once the balls are ready all you have to do is cook the noodles, add your

favorite jar sauce, add the balls and serve.

Hell, get crazy. Make some garlic bread too! The frozen food section of your

grocery store has magical bread called Texas Toast. It's relatively cheap

and Ahhhh-Mazing!

Ratings - ( a possibility of 5 ☆'s )

Cost - ☆☆☆☆ You can get noodles and sauce for a dollar each. The sauce

I got was 2 dollars. Sausage is less than 4 dollars and the addition of beef meatballs

would be about 3 dollars. Even the Texas Toast was only 2 dollars ( Wal-Mart brand )

That's 12 dollars for a meal that could easily feed 4 people!

Difficulty - ☆☆☆☆.5 I guess turning on the oven can be a bit tricky.

Taste - ☆☆☆☆ I like a little parmesan cheese and tapatio. Very yummy!

Clean up - ☆☆☆☆ Two cookie sheets, one large pot, one bowl, that weird

spiked noodle spoon thingy.

Well, I think I reached my quota on the use of the word balls for today.

Happy Porking People!

P/S - Try not to judge the messed up state of this blog. For some reason the layout

just didn't want to work today. As I type, the font style and size all match up but

upon publishing it goes all haywire. BALLS!