Delicious MEATBALLS for your spaghetti & meatball recipes

     This has been my first time creating meatballs, and let me just admit, I LOVED this recipe and I wish I had cooked all 5 lbs. of the hamburger for this recipe. 

     My husband and I definitely ate until we could not anymore; him eating his entire large plate, shockingly!

INGREDIENTS:

~2+ lbs. 85/15 hamburger meat (about $6 from Starr Wood grocery store in Norwich, CT)

1/3 - 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese (about $3.60 from super Wal-Mart)

1 clove garlic, finely chopped

1/3 small white onion, finely chopped (paid $1.50 for entire bag of ~8 onions - Starr Wood)

6 Ritz Crackers, finely crumbled/crushed 

2 tomatoes

1 1/2 jars Great Value Garden Italian Vegetable Tomato sauce ($1.33 per jar @ W-M)

1 can Roasted Onion & Garlic Hunt's Tomato sauce ($1 @ S.W.)

~ 10 shakes of Worcestershire sauce ($2.59 @ S.W.)

~5-6 shakes of Soy sauce
2 tbs. milk

2 eggs, lightly beaten

decent amount of Stonemill Essentials Steak Seasoning ($1.49 @ Aldi's)

     (***& My Favorite!) 

salt & pepper

~ 4 tbs. garlic powder

~2 tbs. Basil seasoning

2-4 tbs. celery salt

5-7 tbs. Italian seasoning

Step 1:  In a large bowl, add and mix together well, the hamburger (parted), Worcestershire sauce, milk, garlic powder, celery salt, Italian seasoning, Basil seasoning, salt and pepper, the crumbled crackers, onion, garlic, and Parmesan cheese.

Step 2:  Form the meat mixture into small (about 1 1/2-inch) balls and place onto sheet pans or glass pans. Cook at 425◦F for 15 minutes. Flip the meatballs individually. Cook for 10-15 more minutes. Cut open one meatball and check to see if fully cooked.

Step 3:  In about a 13"x 15" glass pan, place the tomato sauces, diced tomatoes,  some Italian seasoning, Basil seasoning, a little Parmesan, and the Stonemill steak seasoning. Then, place the half-cooked meatballs atop and smother with the seasoned sauce. Cook for 10-15 more minutes at 425◦F.

Step 4:  Place atop the cooked spaghetti and ENJOY!!!