Family Pleasing Meatballs

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Eating smart can be challenging, especially when you and your kids have different tastes. This delicious meatball recipe can be easily customized to tickle everyone's taste...read more

time

prep:

20 min

total:

40 min

servings

total:

2 servings, one sandwich each

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What You Need

BASE RECIPE

lb. extra lean ground beef

RITZ Reduced Fat Crackers, crushed (about 1/3 cup)

egg white

1/4

tsp. pepper

1-1/2

cups spaghetti sauce

1/2

cup KRAFT 2% Milk Shredded Mozzarella Cheese

ADULT VARIATION

French bread rolls (6 inch), partially split

1/2

cup each: carrot and celery sticks

KID VARIATION

oz. spaghetti, cooked as directed on package

Make It

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 spaghetti 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 spaghetti 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.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Kid Nutrition Information Per Serving

490 calories, 12g total fat, 4.5g saturated fat, 65mg cholesterol, 750mg sodium, 59g carbohydrate, 4g dietary fiber, 9g sugars, 36g protein, 15%DV vitamin A, 15%DV vitamin C, 25%DV calcium, 35%DV iron. Exchange: 4 Starch, 4 Meat (L)

Special Extra

Add 2 Tbsp. chopped fresh basil to the cooked meatballs and sauce before spooning into sandwich rolls.

Note

Leftover spaghetti sauce can be stored in tightly covered container in refrigerator for up to 1 week.

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wesamanda

posted:11/13/2009

I made the meatballs last night with spaghetti. My husband LOVED the meal! He gobbled every last bite up! He said "Now that's a meatball!" This recipe is now a weekly meal. I added some italian seasoning to the meatballs and next week I am going to try an onion. I would definitly recommend this recipe!

rockchalk02

posted:5/29/2009

This recipe gets a big red A+. I made the meatballs for subs last night and hit a home run according to my boyfriend. I will definately be using these meatballs again for both the subs and to put on spaghetti. I did add some salt, pepper, garlic powder, and some chopped onions to my meat mixture before baking, but I feel the need to always add seasoning to any ground beef I use...

spring525

posted:3/5/2009

This was really good! I made it with ground turkey and added a box of chopped frozen spinach to the mixture. I also used a marinara sauce from scratch. This was so good!

LadyBfly7

posted:9/3/2008

My family loves this recipe. This is in reg. rotation. Yummie!

nutnutlee55

posted:7/16/2008

These are so yummy and very eaay to make! Will make this recipe again.

sweetiepooh699

posted:4/12/2008

My family loves this recipe. My kids always ask me to make this.

ChristinaHalz

posted:11/13/2007

My family loved this recipe! It was very quick and easy to make. We put the meatballs on fresh wheat sub rolls, top with some shredded mozz cheese, and oh so yummy!

red_curlz_girl

posted:11/5/2007

Really easy and really good!!!! Just add some garlic and italian herbs and a little (and I mean a LITTLE) sausage to the mix and it is superb!

kristiero

posted:10/30/2007

I added the meatballs to my spaghetti sauce. My husband loved it!

a cook

posted:10/26/2007

Add Italian seasoning to the meatballs to make them even better.