Homemade Spaghetti and Meatballs from Scratch!!

ground beef

🥗Healthier: ground turkey

💰Cheaper: ground pork

Ground turkey is lower in fat, while ground pork is often less expensive.

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated cheese blend

Nutritional yeast is lower in calories and adds a cheesy flavor, while a cheese blend can be more budget-friendly.

Cut an onion and add it to a skillet with olive oil to cook.

Add tomato sauce to the skillet with the cooked onion, seasoning with salt and black pepper, and let it cook.

In a bowl, combine 2 eggs, 1 pound of ground beef (73/27), 1/2 cup of bread crumbs, a pinch of parmesan cheese, black pepper, and salt.

Chop garlic and parsley finely and add to the meat mixture.

Add 1/4 cup of milk to the meat mixture and mix with hands until well combined.

Roll the mixture into meatballs, ensuring there are no air pockets inside.

Sear the meatballs in the skillet until they are golden brown, about 1 minute on each side.

Add a little water to the sauce if it gets too thick, and let the meatballs cook in the sauce for 20-30 minutes.

For the homemade spaghetti, mix 1 cup of flour with 2 eggs and a pinch of salt, adding water as needed.

Knead the dough briefly and then use a pasta machine to roll it out, starting from the widest setting and gradually going thinner.

Cut the rolled pasta into spaghetti using the appropriate attachment.

Cook the spaghetti in boiling water for 1.5 to 2 minutes due to the eggs in the dough.

Drain the spaghetti well to avoid adding water to the sauce.

Serve the spaghetti topped with meatballs and additional parmesan cheese.

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