Succulent meatballs and spaghetti
There is a popular category in life called Food and Drink!
Last week I made a delicious meal well delicious dish that was the food part of the food and drink category. It complements the drink post The lady's having balls on Beer Saturday that I made ...
So today we shall focus on the food. So get that chopper ready @asiaymalay we are going a chopping!!!
Do you have favourite ingredients?
I know I do ...
Can you guess what they are?
Oodles and oodles of garlic and coriander, that plus red onions!
Okay let's start our wee cookathon.
Thirsty mouth needs quenching so before we crack on, let's crack open a drink...
You can see at the back our meat!
I probably alternate between making my own meatballs, it is easy to do, or using premade if there is a deal going on.
Sainsburys are an ok supermarket here and 10% Fat meatballs did the job. How much fat do you like... I try to use 5% but this was a good deal, so I bought them.
Now as you can see the packet does contain 24 balls...
24 balls is enough for a family, so I only need 12 for this dish and the rest go into the freezer ...
So before I get chopping here go the balls into the pan!
Did you count them to make sure there was 12?
Lol I just did!
The sauce
Okay you know three of the ingredients....
We can't use them like they are.. So by the magic of the internet we undress the veg!
Bish Bash Bosh use the chopper from @asiaymalay and you get ...
3 x Diced red onions
2 x Bulbs of garlic
I love garlic and if you are going to use it, then use it! Red onions are so cool too, they are just as good raw as they are cooked!
Now we did the hard part, we better check on the status of our meatballs!
We can't have burnt balls!
Ah they are coming along nicely, cooking and slightly browning as I like them. Time then to add the chopped garlic and diced red onions.
Next up is the wonderful smelling coriander...
Coriander or cilantro ...
For me, coriander is like garlic and you can't have too much of it...
For those of you who call it with the Spanish name I will say cilantro!
Chop the coriander, I just use scissors and cut it up over the pan.
Cheers
If it is a weekend I will often cook whilst have a wee sneeky beer. During the week then it is probably going to be a coffee!
What comes next is adding a can of chopped tomatoes and some pasta sauce.
Now we are starting to cook with gas.
Remember earlier I said that three of my favourite ingredients were coriander, garlic and red onions.... well add this to the list...
Yes, wee mushrooms, now get that chopper off @asiaymalay and use it then pop them into the pan!
Time to add some plum tomatoes...
Give it a stir or three...
Next step involves some boiling water....
The spaghetti
So you need boiling water a wee dod of olive oil and well spaghetti!
The supermarket I used Sainsburys have a cheap brand of food called Hubbard's foodstore. It is way cheaper than their normal lines but fluff me, most of the time you can't even tell the difference. That is the case with the spaghetti...
It looks just like spaghetti should look like, doesn't it?
And it cooks like spaghetti, it looks cooked, what do you think?
When I was a wee boy at boarding school, we often cooked our own spaghetti as the school food left a lot to be desired.
I remember the housekeeper saying if in doubt throw a piece of spaghetti against the wall if it sticks then it is cooked....
For the sake of Hive!
I have not done this for years.... but hey in the name of a good post on Hive!!!
Yes done to a treat I would say!
Let's dish up
And time to eat!
Well it was tasty ... do you eat meatballs?
Thanks for visiting and enjoy the rest of your day!
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First. That onions looks very Nigerian. I would not believe it was gotten in Scotland if I didn’t know you and see your vanilla hand.
You don’t slice your tomatoes? It looks delicious still and oh, I never knew of that trick to cooking spaghetti. What if I don’t have tiled walls? lol… just old paint. Haha
hehe yes my vanilla hand, well you know red onions are my favourite and they are common in our countries.
The tomatoes are from a can, and I did mash them up so to speak with a spoon. If I was using fresh then I would cut them up yes.
The paint, well depends on the type of paint, but the tile behind the cooker works just fine!
Happy Monday and thanks for commenting, have a great new week and month.
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Hehe yes!
Coriander? We called that celery but only put in pancit not in spaghetti 🍝 😆.
I remembered I hated the smell and taste when I was pregnant. Hmm gonna try next days if still
If you call that celery then what do you call our celery which is as revolting to me as cucumber...
Hahah still celery 😆
how bizarre they are two completely different herbs / vegetables
Looking into it, makes my stomach full😌. Chopper I already wash and keep after food was served😌😁.
Hehe it was masarap. Ah you just keep that chopper away hehe!
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Great job Ed and the spaghetti passed the sticky test LOL... looks very tasty, i do like fresh corriander in everything!!
Thanks Steve, the sticky test hehe yes!
Ah you can't beat fresh coriander, the aroma is just awesome!
very tempting😋
Hehe it was pretty tasty!
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A classical meatballs and spaghetti, amazing 😍😍
Yes simple but effective and tasty,thank you :)
Me encanta la pasta con albóndigas gracias por compartir
Yummy Ed, you are quite the chef, Mrs. T is a lucky lady! Your spaghetti and meatballs look so good, perfect comfort food on a cold winter's night.