Granny makes meatballs and sauce. Italian style meatballs

ground beef

🥗Healthier: ground turkey

💰Cheaper: ground pork

Ground turkey is lower in fat, while ground pork is often more affordable.

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast is lower in calories and provides a cheesy flavor, while pecorino is usually less expensive.

Heat olive oil in a skillet.

Add chopped onion to the skillet and stir.

Add minced garlic to the skillet and stir, being careful not to let it brown.

Add fresh parsley and a little basil to the skillet and stir again.

Pour in three cans of Cento crushed tomatoes into the skillet.

Add a little water to each can to clean it out and pour that into the skillet.

Stir the tomato mixture until well combined.

Prepare to make meatballs by gathering ingredients: parsley, garlic, salt, pepper, breadcrumbs, eggs, and grated cheese.

Mix all the ingredients for the meatballs together.

Form the meat mixture into larger-sized balls, as preferred.

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