{"id":29927,"date":"2016-01-14T19:00:08","date_gmt":"2016-01-15T00:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=29927"},"modified":"2018-09-08T08:27:05","modified_gmt":"2018-09-08T13:27:05","slug":"the-versatile-meatball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=29927","title":{"rendered":"The Versatile Meatball"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Meatballs just don&#8217;t get the respect they deserve.\u00a0 They are some of the hardest working foods out there.\u00a0 We all love the versatile meatball.\u00a0 They can be served as hor d&#8217;oeuvres at a fancy party or as crowd-pleasers at a tailgating event.\u00a0 They can be served up on a bun for a hearty lunch, and they can be paired with pasta or spaghetti squash for a main course.\u00a0 I have a great meatball recipe that has been in my recipe box for most of my married life, and it never disappoints.\u00a0 In fact, an Italian friend of mine told me these meatballs tasted like the ones his nonna makes.\u00a0 With the Super Bowl coming up, this simple food might be the answer to your &#8220;what to serve&#8221; dilemma.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-29928\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Meatball-Recipe-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Meatballs can be served at a fancy party, on a bun for a hearty lunch, or on pasta for dinner. - The 2 Seasons\" width=\"640\" height=\"961\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Meatball-Recipe-682x1024.jpg 682w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Meatball-Recipe-215x323.jpg 215w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Meatball-Recipe-300x451.jpg 300w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Meatball-Recipe-900x1352.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><em><strong>MEATBALLS<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>1 pound ground meat ( I use ground turkey)<\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>1 onion, finely chopped<\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>1\/2 cup fine bread crumbs<\/h3>\n<h3>1 egg<\/h3>\n<h3>1\/2 cup Parmesan cheese, finely grated<\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>1 teaspoon Italian seasoning<\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>1 teaspoon salt<\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>1 jar of your favorite pasta sauce (or your favorite homemade pasta sauce)<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Mix all ingredients together and form into balls.\u00a0 If you are making appetizers for a party, make the balls an inch in diameter.\u00a0 If you are making them for a sandwich or for pasta, make the balls about two inches in diameter.\u00a0 Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.<\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Heat oven to 350 degrees.\u00a0 Bake meatballs for 30 minutes.\u00a0 Turn at 15 minutes.\u00a0 The baking time will vary depending on the size of the meatballs.<\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>When baking is complete, put the meatballs and pasta sauce in a saucepan and simmer for one hour, stirring frequently but gently.\u00a0 Be careful, because they will burn.\u00a0 When they are done, serve them as hor d&#8217;oeuvres, as sandwiches, or as a main course over pasta.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Thank you so much for spending part of your day with us.\u00a0 We will see you tomorrow with our Saturday Selections.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Take care.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meatballs just don&#8217;t get the respect they deserve.\u00a0 They are some of the hardest working foods out there.\u00a0 We all love the versatile meatball.\u00a0 They can be served as hor d&#8217;oeuvres at a fancy party or as crowd-pleasers at a tailgating event.\u00a0 They can be served up on a bun for a hearty lunch, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":29931,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[27,18,29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29927"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29927"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29927\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39819,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29927\/revisions\/39819"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}