Yum. I want these for breakfast today, but I’ll hold off. This made enough for 6 servings, figuring 4 meatballs per person.
Delicious Low-Calorie Meatballs
Low-cal meatballs in meat ball sub sandwiches
28 oz. marinara sauce (from your freezer or store-bought)
1 medium onion
1 1/2 medium carrot
3 cloves garlic
1/2 cup grated parmesan
2 teaspoon basil
1 teaspoon oregano
1 teaspoon marjoram
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
1 pound extra lean ground beef
2 egg white
1/4 cup bread crumbs
Heat up the spaghetti sauce that you are using in a large pan. Bring
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This is a family staple – my mom used to make it (a little differently) when I was a kid, I make it for my kids, and my grown daughter makes it for herself and her boyfriend. I think we each put our own touch to it.
This is absolutely an Americanized version of goulash – it’s nothing like the Hungarian kind. I’m not even sure why we call it goulash, except for the paprika. It does make a great budget-stretcher, though – I’ve made with as little as a quarter pound of meat and no one complained.
This also freezes well and
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I’ve totally gone off menu plan, but soup sounded so lovely. I had a rotten day yesterday, with a doctor’s visit that didn’t go well (no answers) and a bit of a panic attack (Ford Expeditions were NOT made for parking garages), and comfort food just sounded like the way to go.
I decided to make Quick Beef Vegetable Soup and some cornbread. It went a long way towards cheering me up!
Beef Vegetable Soup
Beef Vegetable Soup and Cornbread
1 tablespoon oil
1/2 pound chuck roast, cut into bite-sized bits
2 cloves garlic,
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Doodle, my 15 year-old, was in Texas visiting her grandmother for the last two weeks. She came home last night! We wanted to eat dinner together, but she didn’t get home until late, so I wanted something that I could do most of the cooking ahead of time, and just throw it together when she got home. Taco salad fit the bill!
Taco Salad Recipe
Serves 4
Taco salad
1/2 pound hamburger
1/2 cup salsa
1 head of iceberg lettuce
1 cup of pinto beans
1 cup of shredded cheese
2 cups corn chips
Salsa and sour cream for dressing
Brown
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Dinners
Sunday: Meatball Subs (see below)
Monday: Taco Salad
Tuesday: Sherry’s Chicken with Noodles
Wednesday: Salmon with Primordial Ooze
Thursday: Fend for yourself night
Friday: Salmon Salad
Saturday: Kids at Gramma’s
Sunday: Chicken Picatta
Lunches
Grilled cheese, quesadillas, PB&J, cheese and meat sandwiches, eggs in hats, beans and weinies
Breakfasts
Cinnamon rolls, cereal, farina, oatmeal, smoothies, mmmuffins
Meatball Sub Sandwiches
Meatball submarine sandwiches
1 batch of hoagie rolls
3 cups of marinara sauce
1/2 batch of meatballs (see below)
8 slices provolone
1/4 cup parmesan, grated
Heat the meatballs in the sauce over medium heat until the sauce begins to boil. Immediately turn the heat down to a slow simmer,
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