When Victoria and I came back from our trip, we had an abundance of garden tomatoes. I shared with many friends and still had enough to make marinara sauce. So late one evening, I made a few quarts of marinara sauce and thought the next logical thing to do was make meatballs. There are several THM recipes; but, here are the details for the recipe I selected:
Cookbook: Trim Healthy Table
Chapter: Comforting Casseroles & Bakes
Recipe: One-Batch Meatballs
Serving: Makes about 35 meatballs
Fuel: FP with S option
This recipe has a secret vegetable in them and could not be detected by The Salesman. In fact, The Salesman really liked them! He commented on how good they were – which is a good sign that I will be making them again! Usually when I have to ask if he likes something, I already know the answer. I made them as a Satisfying meal and used the chicken broth option verses the soy sauce option for the liquid to bake the meatballs. You can see the baked meatballs in a liquid concoction. I had never made them this way before – have you used liquid to bake your meatballs? Also worthy of note, was that my recipe made at least 45 meatballs. It could be because the directions said to:
“…form into small balls (a hair smaller than a golf ball).”
I attribute the abundance of meatballs due to the fact that I am not a golfer and not that familiar with golf ball sizes. As far as the shape not being round like golf balls, I am not sure what happened there. They tasted so good though!
The Salesman’s plate with fresh made marinara sauce and green beans from his dad’s garden:
And here is a picture of my serving. I like to use a blue and white set that Victoria Leigh found at a thrift store. It is a beautiful small bowl and small plate, and they are the perfect size for a serving!
You can see the meatballs better in this picture:
I added extra marinara sauce here!
Enjoy!