Family Pleasing Meatball Sammys Recipes

Steps:

• BASE RECIPE:
• PREHEAT oven to 375ºF. Combine meat, cracker crumbs, egg white and pepper. Shape into 12 meatballs, each about 2-1/4 inches in diameter. Place in 15x10x1-inch baking pan sprayed with cooking spray. Bake 20 min. or until meatballs are cooked through.
• Pour pasta sauce into microwaveable bowl. Microwave on HIGH 2 to 3 min. or until heated through, stirring after 1-1/2 min; set aside.
• ADULT VARIATION:
• ADD 6 of the meatballs to the 1/2 cup pasta sauce in bowl; toss to coat. Spoon 3 meatballs and half of the sauce onto bottom half of each roll; sprinkle each with 2 Tbsp. cheese. Serve with carrots and celery. Makes 2 adult servings, one sandwich each.
• KID VARIATION:
• DRAIN hot spaghetti. Divide between two serving plates; top each with 3 of the meatballs, 1/2 cup of the sauce and 2 Tbsp. of the cheese. Makes 2 kid servings.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first 8 ingredients. Crumble beef over mixture and mix well. Shape into 1-in. balls. Place in 3 greased 13x9-in. baking dishes. , Combine the sauce ingredients; pour over meatballs. Bake, uncovered, at 325° until meat is no longer pink, about 1 hour.

Steps:

• In a saute pan over medium-high heat, cook the diced onions and canola oil until the onions are translucent, about 5 minutes. Place the ground sausage, beef, breadcrumbs, cream, cheese, mustard, oregano, thyme, eggs and some salt and pepper in large mixing bowl. Add the sauteed onions to the bowl and mix the ingredients by hand, until completely incorporated.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Form the meatball mixture by hand into balls slightly larger than a golf ball, repeat for the remaining meat. Place all the meatballs on a sheet pan and cook until fully cooked throughout, 45 minutes to 1 hour.
• Drain all excess grease and let the meatballs cool. Serve alone with some marinara sauce, with spaghetti and marinara or in a meatball sub sandwich.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Line a large glass baking dish with foil, (you don't have to line it with foil, but it makes cleanup much easier).
• Put the ground beef in a large bowl and add the onion and garlic, knead together, add bread crumbs and italian seasoning -- mix all together.add the egg and milk -- knead together well with hands --
• Form pieces of meat into 1 inch balls, place in baking dish -- bake for about 20-30 minutes --
• I usually put them in a large pan on the stove and cover with spaghetti sauce for a few minutes at medium heat, but thats optional.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F Combine meat, cracker crumbs, egg white and pepper. Shape into 12 meatballs, each about 2 1/4 inches in diameter. Place in 15x10x1 inch baking pan sprayed with cooking spray. Bake 20 minutes or until meatballs are cooked through.
• Pour spaghetti sauce into microwaveable bowl. Microwave on high 2 to 3 minutes or until heated through, stirring after 1 1/2 minutes; set aside.
• Add 6 of the meatballs to the 1/2 cup spaghetti sauce in bowl; toss to coat. Spoon 3 meatballs and half of the sauce onto bottom halves of two 6-inch partially split french bread rolls; sprinkle each with 2 tablespoons cheese.