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Mike's 5 Minute Meatballs & Marinara Sauce
Mike's 5 Minute Meatballs & Marinara Sauce

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Concentrate on the sides. It has not been that long ago that all you could get at a fast food restaurant was French Fries. Today almost all of the most popular fast food franchises have amplified their choices. Now quite a few of them offer you salads. You can get chili. You might get baked potatoes. You can pick fruit. There are so many possibilities that you can choose that do not force you to ingest foods that have been deep fried. Instead of the pre-determined “meal deals” try to make a meal out of side dishes. You’ll keep calorie and fatty food count lower and escape commitment.

Logic states that that one of the best ways to stay healthy and balanced is to sidestep the drive through and never eat fast food. While this is usually a good idea all you need to do is make a number of good choices and visiting the drive through isn’t anything to worry about–when you do it in moderation. Sometimes the thing you need most is just to have someone else do the cooking. When you select healthful menu items, you do not have to feel bad about visiting the drive through.

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The ingredients needed to cook Mike's 5 Minute Meatballs & Marinara Sauce:
  1. You need 2 (16 oz) Jars Of Your Favorite Marinara Sauce [my student used wolfgang pucks]
  2. Use 16 oz Italian Sausage Pre-fabed Meatballs
  3. Provide 1 (14 Can) Diced Tomatoes
  4. Provide 14 ozs Artichoke Hearts [rough chopped]
  5. Prepare 1 LG Fresh Beefeater Tomato [chopped]
  6. Get 2 tbsp Fresh Basil [chopped]
  7. Use 1 Medium Viadailla Onion [chopped]
  8. Provide 1/2 Cup Green Bell Pepper [chopped]
  9. Prepare 1/2 Cup Red Onions [chopped]
  10. Take 6 Cloves Fresh Garlic [left whole]
  11. You need 1/2 Cup Fresh Celery [chopped]
  12. You need 1/4 Cup Shreaded Parmasean Cheese [+ reserves for garnish]
  13. Provide as needed Mozzarella Cheese [for garnish]
  14. Provide to taste Salt And Fresh Ground Black Pepper
  15. Prepare 1/2 Cup Water Or Beef Stock
  16. Use 1/2 tsp Oregeno [crushed]
  17. Get 1/2 tsp Fennel Seeds
  18. Use 1 tsp Red Pepper Flakes
  19. You need 2 tbsp Granulated Sugar [optional - depending upon your marinara sauce choice]
  20. Use 1/3 Cup Quality Burgundy [optional]
  21. You need Tabasco Sauce [garnish]
  22. Use as needed Pre-fabed Garlic Butter [for bread & noodles]
  23. Take as needed Fresh French Bread 2" Slices
  24. Get as needed Thin Spaghetti Noodles
  25. Take 1/4 tsp Baking Soda [added to simmering sauce to reduce any acidity from tomatoes]
Instructions to make Mike's 5 Minute Meatballs & Marinara Sauce:
  1. Heat oven to 350°.
  2. Here's all you'll need. Sugar, Burgundy and Mozzarella not pictured since they're all optional.
  3. Uncooked Marinara Sauce.
  4. Add beef broth and quality Burgundy to your Marinara to thin it a bit. While baking meatballs, simmer your sauce. They should take the same amount of time to cook.
  5. Uncooked Italian meatballs - hand rolled on tinfoil.
  6. Fully baked meatballs at 350° for 30 minutes.
  7. Start your noodle boil 15 minutes into your marinara simmer. Boil your noodles with a dash of salt and a dash olive oil and boil as per manufactures directions. Usually only 9 minutes.
  8. Drained noodles with garlic butter [or olive oil] mixed in. Tonight was garlic butter. It's a great way to keep them fresh and toothy!
  9. Toast your 2" thick sliced French bread at 350° [butter side down] in the last 5 minutes of your meatball bake. You'll want the outside of your bread crispy and the inside, fluffy and absorbent to soak up your delicious Marinara Sauce.
  10. Place garlic butter coated noodles in bowl. Add sauce and meatballs and garnish with Parmasean Cheese, Mozzarella Cheese and Tabasco Sauce. [here in new mexico we tend to put tabasco on everything!]
  11. These really do make great next day work or school lunches!
  12. Serve with thick slices of garlic french bread. Enjoy!

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