Southern Bread Blog

Another food post. I should start a food category I guess. Anyway, I cooked spaghetti and meatballs for the family unit Sunday night. I’m not very good in the kitchen but it turned out really good. I used the recipe found here but since I didn’t have all the ingredients I just substituted what we had. I was able to make the meatballs exactly as the recipe called, but for the sauce I ended up doing it like this instead:

Ingredients:

• 18-20 oz. of Plain/Traditional Spaghetti Sauce
• Olive Oil
• 1/3 Cup of Red Wine
• 3/8 Tsp Minced Garlic
• 2 Tbsp Minced Onion
• 1 Tsp Oregano
• 1/2 Tsp Basil
• Kosher salt to taste
• Pepper to taste

Directions:

1. Get a medium sauce pan and cover the bottom with olive oil
2. Add in the garlic, onion, oregano, basil, salt, pepper and stir it all up to make sure it’s all soaking in the oil
3. Let it sit for about 10 minutes while you prepare the meatball mixture
4. Once you get the meatballs made, stick them in the fridge and turn on the medium-low heat under the sauce pan
5. When it gets warmed up and you start to smell it good, put in the wine and cover
6. Check it often until you see that the wine has reduced down
7. Now add another dash of red wine and add the 18 oz. of plain sauce
8. Stir it up good
9. Now just stir it occasionally while you cook the pasta and meatballs

It turned out great. I’m sure it would probably be better with all fresh ingredients but sometimes you have to improvise. My wife liked it and that’s all us men really care about when we cook. We can like it just fine, but as long as the wife gives her nod of approval then all is well.