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The family recipe!

Two recipes for the price of one:

Italian Meatballs

1 to 1.5 lbs of Ground Beef (80%-85% lean)
1 Egg
1/4 cup Parmesan Cheese
1/2 cup Italian-style Bread Crumbs
1 heaping tsp dried basil
1 heaping tbl dried parsley
1/4 tsp salt
1-2 cloves garlic, minced

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Combine ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Best way to do it-- with your hands!
Roll mixture into golf ball-sized balls (or whatever size you're after) and place on foil-lined baking tray.
Bake for 20 minutes. Switch oven the "broil" for the last 5 of those 20 minutes.

Quick, Simple Tomato Sauce

Too often, people over-spice the heck out of a tomato sauce. Guilty as charged! Try this simple sauce and let the tomatoes speak mostly for themselves...

1/2 Yellow onion-- chopped
1 Carrot, finely shredded.
2-3 cloves garlic
2 28oz cans of crushed tomato
1 28oz can of whole Plum Tomatoes
3 tbl dried basil
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper

In a large pot heat 2 tbl of olive oil on medium-high heat. Toss in the onions and carrot and cook until onions are translucent.
Add garlic, cook for another minute.
Set burner to "Low."
Add remaining ingredients and simmer 30 min, stirring occasionally. When adding each plum tomato, crush it in your hand to break it apart before adding it to the sauce. This makes for a nice chunky sauce.