As I was thinking about what to make I realised that I probably bought to much ground beef and not enough actual meat chunks. So my plan is to making spaghetti and meatballs, a meatloaf dish and chili with ground turkey.
On Monday I made spaghetti and meatballs. As you know Sunday we had a bbq so there wasn't really any reason for me to cook that day but I did sneak home three bbq chickens and saved those for lunch on Monday.
Anyways back to the meatballs; I didn't have the usual suspects on hand. With meatballs people usually want to make it with eggs, italian herb seasoning, breadcrumbs, cheese and ricotta or something creamy like that. I didn't have any of that except eggs so I improvised.
I use 400 grams of ground beef and 250 grams of ground turkey. I left out pieces of bread the night before to let it go stale and through that into the mix. I didn't have any cheese so I used a mixture of creme fraiche and sour cream. I put in some different seasonings, salt, pepper, garlic, and diced onions. I mixed that all together and started forming meatballs.
While I waited for the meat to rest a little I put together the sauce. I used 1 can of diced tomatoes, 1 can of whole tomatoes, 1/2 cup water, hearty spaghetti seasoning from wild tree, garlic, onions, mushrooms, and 2 tablespoons of tomato paste. I let that simmer for 30 minutes and threw six raw meatballs and the rest of the meatballs I cooked in the oven at 160 C.
Then I cooked some spaghetti and called it a day.
It was pretty good, moist and flavorful. My husband really enjoyed it and for the next two days he had meatballs for lunches and dinner. For lunches to go I didn't cook spaghetti and steamed some vegetables and poured the meatballs over it.
I made that on Monday and today (Wednesday Oct 8) I made crackling pork shoulder.
I'll share that with you tomorrow! It was good but I have no frame of reference.
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