Rebecca's Spaghetti and Meatballs

I adore meatballs, such a comfort food as are all pasta dishes to me, I remember making you all laugh with the amount of times I made lasagna while pregnant!

These are easy to make and great for leftovers as busy folks we all need a day of from cooking and enjoy leftovers:-)

Ingredients:

one pack of lean minced beef/ hamburger meat
1/2 a red onion chopped
4 cloves of chopped garlic
a handful of fresh basil chopped
a handful of fresh oregano chopped
salt and pepper to taste
one can of chopped tomatoes
1/2 a small can of tomato paste
one egg
1/4 cup of bread crumbs
1/2 a pack of spaghetti
one teaspoon of Italian herbs

Method:

mix the meat with an egg, onion, bread crumbs, garlic and herbs
then form small balls and slowly saute them in olive oil, turning as not to burn on a low to medium heat cook them till they are 3/4 cooked about 10-15 minutes
then add the can of tomatoes, salt and pepper and slowly mix in desired amount of tomato paste to get a think tomato sauce and simmer for a further 10 min
serve with al dente spaghetti and a side salad

If you look closely there are peas in my spaghetti as a dietitian I always throw frozen vegetables in with pasta :-) just can't help myself.