Homemade Spaghetti w/ Turkey Meatballs!

You'll need (approximate!):
Sauce:

1 tbsp. olive oil
1 c. water
1-2 cans diced tomatoes (depends on how much sauce you want!)
1/2 to 1 container of premade spaghetti sauce (or you can use extra diced tomatoes to increase volume instead)
1/2 onion, diced
1/2-1 red pepper, diced
1/2 green pepper, diced
5-10 black olives, chopped
1 pkg sliced mushrooms
3 cloves of garlic (or equivalent seasonings), diced
1-2 tsp parsley
1-2 tsp basil
1 tsp garlic powder or salt
1 tsp ground black pepper
red pepper flakes to taste (the more the spicier!)


Meatballs:

1lb ground turkey
1/4c. parmesan cheese
1/2 onion, diced
dash of parsley
dash of basil
salt
pepper
1/2c.-3/4c breadcrumbs or smooshed crackers
2 cloves of garlic, minced

Fresh parmesan for the final dish if you want!
Garlic bread if you like!

OK:

For the sauce:

Heat oil in sauce pan, add onion, red pepper, and green pepper. In another pan, heat another tbsp olive oil and add other half of onion--these will be for your meatballs. Cook for 3-5 minuites or until translucent. Remove onions for meatballs from pan and let cool. Continue cooking other vegetable mixture, add mushrooms, garlic and black olives. Cook for another 3-5 minutes. Add diced tomato, spaghetti sauce, and water. Simmer for 5-10 minutes, then add spices. Continue to simmer on low heat.

For meatballs:
Prehead oven to 425. Combine turkey, cooled onion, garlic, parmesan, and spices. Add breadcrumbs or crackers. Make into balls about 1 1/2 inches in diameter. Spray bottom of baking pan or casserole dish. Place meatballs in the dish and cook for 3-6 minutes or until tops of meatballs begin to brown. Turn and cook an additional 3-6 minutes.

Add meatballs to sauce and simmer an additional 10 minutes or so.

Serve over the pasta of your choice--we used angelhair, nom nom!!!

Hope I remembered everything!

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[eparker0015]

This was an excellent cooking video! Looks good!

[youwantgeek]

Thank you! It was very yummy!!!

[MissJanieHere]

albondigas!!! Yum!

[youwantgeek]

Hehe, NOM NOM!

Can't wait to see you!

[pomomary]

I think you did an awesome job with your cooking video, and the editing was good. Spaghetti looked yummy, very well done.

[youwantgeek]

Thank you very much!  I'm glad you approve :):):)

[Wifey2525]

awe,,,,, akward joke moment hee hee

[Wifey2525]

lol urs is way more healthy then mine. I use beef nd pork. I also add suger. but this looks good too. yum!

[TheMunchfan]

lol brownish crustacean! the sauce looks SO GOOD!

[CRAZYHORSEiiiii]

luv the brownish crustacean....

[youwantgeek]

@GaryChapmanJr LOL, you deserve something so tasty! Go out and make it!!!

[youwantgeekEncore]

@yalg22 Thank you! You're doing great!!!!

[youwantgeekEncore]

@progressivas Yay, good! I made the sauce thick by not adding much water--it was mostly just vegetables and their natural juices :) I used for the sauce red pepper, green pepper, onion, mushrooms, spices, and canned tomato (chopped or cut.) If you want to see more cooking videos check out my new channel! I got locked out of this one ;(

[youwantgeekEncore]

@yalg22 Thanks!

[progressivas]

your recipe made me hungry ... it looked sooooo delicious. I want to ask you something: how do you make the sauce so thick? Is it the little amount of water that you put into it?? And also what are the canned tomato ingredients you used because i found some parts inaudible(since i'm not english) Thank you.Love your cooking!

[yalg22]

I just came across your channel You look awesome (way hottt). I just started my vlog at 6 month post op. Please check my video out.