Spaghetti and Meatballs

Buon giorno! (That means "good morning" in Italian). All right, if you don't know how to make spaghetti, it is high time you learn because that's just kinda sad. Just sayin'. It is a poor man/woman's meal for those tight college budgets. You can even cheat and buy everything pre-made (including meatballs!) This is an easy one to throw together, with meatballs from scratch.

Prep time: 15 minutes
Serves: 4

Ingredients:
-1 lb ground beef (if you are cooking for 2, this is perfect, as I learned the hard way using 2lbs of meat. I literally had a whole 1lb left of ground beef left over and was forced to make a meatloaf with the remaining mixture--oopsies!)
-2 eggs
-1 onion
-2 tsp salt
-2 tsp pepper
-1 tsp garlic powder
-3 tbsp grated parmesan cheese
-1 cup Italian bread crumbs
-1 package of pasta (I like angel hair, but knock yourself out with some farfalle or whatevermajigger...so many to choose from!)
-1 jar of spaghetti sauce

1. Mix the eggs, ground beef, salt, pepper, garlic powder, and parmesan cheese together well.

2. Dice the onion into tiny pieces and add that to the mixture as well.

3. Mix in the bread crumbs.

4. Form meat mixture into meatballs (remember, the bigger you make them, the longer they will take
to cook. I made mine a little smaller than golf balls. They do cook down a little.)

5. Pour sauce into a pan and heat on medium temperature. 

6. Add meatballs into sauce and cover.  Lower heat to medium-low.

7. Cook for 40 minutes. Move meatballs around about every 5-10 minutes.

8. Bring water to a boil in a separate pot. Reduce heat to medium temperature, and add in noodles. (Most noodles will take about 10 minutes, so do wait to cook them until your meatballs have been cooking about 30 minutes).

9.  Drain noodles, and serve with sauce and meatballs. Do feel free to experiment with other spices and such. I just did the bare minimum, as I was hurrying to MIW for dinner!

Now you're Italian! Actually, here's a random fact--did you know spaghetti was actually invented by the Chinese? Technically, as early as 3,000 B.C. the Chinese were using noodles. Thanks for tuning in! Until next time...Ciao!