I picked up this sign this summer and placed it over my stove. I thought the message is worth seeing over and over. It makes sense. When I think back on my life, the stuff that stands out are little things: a funny story, a look that someone gave you, cooking steak and potatoes over a fire at a state park on a Sunday afternoon, a baby sleeping on your chest......great memories, but little events at the time.
John came home for the weekend. I have been wanting to make him meatballs for a while now. I finally did it!
Meatballs are something we all take for granted. It's easy to pick up a bag of frozen meatballs for your pasta, unless you need to be GF. It's a little thing to enjoy. Not hard to make, but a nice complement to a pasta meal. You can adapt these in a number of ways, but this is the basic recipe:
HH's Basic Little Meatballs
Preheat oven to 350. Get out your 12-inch skillet.
Mix in a bowl:
1 lb lean ground beef,
1/2 cup GF breadcrumbs,
1 tsp GF Worstershire sauce,
1/4 tsp garlic powder,
1 tsp Italian seasoning, and
1 egg.
Add salt as desired. I didn't add salt, but I thought a little would have improved it slightly. Try 1/4 to 1/2 tsp. I'm not one to go overboard on salt.
I have a little meatballer-gadget that makes meatballs 1-3/8 inches in diameter. You don't need to be quite that precise, lol! Make them 1 to 1-1/2 inches in diameter with your fingers, if you don't have a meatballer-gadget. I made about 22 meatballs. Put them in the skillet. No need to grease it first.
Bake 20-25 minutes. Celebrate that meatballs are so easy! They can be frozen to heat up again in the microwave as needed.
