Recipe: Pasta & Meatballs!

I made Pasta & Meatballs the other day, from scratch! No recipe, no guidelines - just me, my kitchen and gut instinct.

That makes it sound more Bear Grylls than it actually was, but I was excited to try something by myself to see how it turned out!

I made my own meatballs and my own pasta sauce - assuring myself that you can't mess this up - surely? I was right - it was delicious and Ceri was super impressed!

Ingredients for the meatballs:

Mince (I don't know how much I used, just whatever was left in the freezer!)

Parsley (a lot)

Basil (a lot)

Egg to seal

I could've made this a lot easier on myself and simply sprinkled the the Parsley & Basil over the mince before rolling, but I didn't. I rolled the mince into balls, then rolled them in egg, then covered them in the herb mix, before popping them in the frying pan.

I covered them with Fry-Light (a low calorie cooking spray) and they only needed about 10 minutes in the pan to cook thoroughly.

Whilst all this is going on, I made my pasta sauce!

Ingredients for Pasta Sauce:

1 can of chopped tomato

1 Onion (chopped)

2 Cloves of Garlic (chopped/crushed - fly by the seat of your knickers on that one!)

1 teaspoon of Oregano

1 teaspoon of Basil

1 teaspoon Parsley

Salt & Pepper to season

Chuck it all in a pan and watch it cook. Throw it over the pasta and then the meatballs are done, you're ready to serve!