Baked Meatballs served with Garden Pasta

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Source : Crisco.com modified by Desy

What you need :

Meatballs

- 1 pound ground beef

- 1 cup loosely packed fresh spinach, finely chopped - i skip this

- 3 stalk green onion, minced

- 1 teaspoon dried oregano

- 1 teaspoon dried basil

- 2 tablespoon tomato ketchup

- 1 teaspoon salt

- freshly ground pepper

- 1 cup bread crumbs

- 1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese - i added more

- cooking spray

Garden Pasta

- 1 pound pasta or spaghetti, freshly cooked according to package directions

- 1/3 cup olive oil for saute

- 2 cloves garlic, minced

- 1/2 cup onion, diced

- 1 medium zucchini, grated - i substituted with broccoli+cauliflower, end cuts

- 1 piece bell pepper, seeded and diced

- 1 cup carrot, peeled and grated

- 2 cups prepared any type of  spaghetti sauce

- 1 teaspoon dried basil

- salt and pepper for taste

- 1 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese as garnish

Make it :

English version

Meatballs

- Heat oven to 375 degrees F. Spray a 13x9-inch baking dish with cooking spray

- Combine meatballs ingredients in large bowl. Mix thoroughly. Shape into 1-inch balls. Place in prepared baking dish. bake 15 minutes or until fully cooked.

Garden Pasta

- Transfer freshly cooked pasta to large bowl. Heat oil in large skillet over medium heat. Add garlic and saute for another  1 minute. Add broccoli, bell pepper and carrot. Cook 2 minutes. Add pasta sauce and basil/ Cook and stir until cooked through.

- Add to cooked pasta. Toss to coat. Divide pasta mixture between 4-6 plates. Top each with meatballs and garnish with Parmesan cheese. Serve.

Indonesia version

Bola Daging

- Panaskan oven dengan suhu 375 degrees F dan siapkan loyang dan spray dengan cooking spray.

- Campurkan bahan bola daging. Aduk rata. Bentuk bola sebesar 1 inch. Letakkan dalam loyang dan oven selama 15 menit atau hingga matang.

Garden Pasta

- Pindahkan pasta yang sudah masak kedalam mangkuk. Panaskan minyak didalam wajan, tumis bawang putih hingga harum. Masukkan wortel, bell pepper, brokoli, masak selama 2 menit. Masukkan saus siap pakai untuk pasta dan basil. Masak dan aduk hingga rata.

- Campurkan pasta yang susah masak. Aduk rata. Bagi-2 untuk 4-6 piring. Beri bola daging diatas pasta dan beri keju parmesan sebagai pelengkap. Sajikan.

Preparation Time : 30 minutes

Cooking Time : 35 minutes

Servings : 6 servings