Homemade Meatballs Recipe

The ultimate homemade meatballs recipe for spaghetti or subs. Made with two types of meat that are bound together with eggs and bread crumbs. Make for a hearty meatball.

A combination of two types of meat combined with few ingredients then rolled into a ball and baked to perfection. These homemade meatballs make a great dinner recipe on their own.

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A couple of weeks ago my middle child and I did our first ever freezer meal prep. We had loads of fun working together and prepping for future meals. It was a good learning experience for her as well as a good time for us to bond a little.

I made meatballs for a couple of the recipes, plus I also froze some plan meatballs for a quick last minute meal at another time.

I have to admit doing all those freezer meals was well worth the time and effort that we put into doing them.

Having a premade meal in the freezer saved me some time in the kitchen.

However, some of my family has been asking for some "fresh" non-frozen meals.

So today I made a fresh batch of meatballs to go on top of spaghetti. Unfortunately, they were not all covered in cheese and all the meatballs did stay on our plates.

We all know what song I was thinking of the whole time I was making this dinner.

How To Make Homemade Meatballs

Just look at those beautiful, uncooked, but still beautiful homemade meatballs. To make it easier on myself when I was making them I made sure to have all my ingredients out and ready.

I find having everything out saves me time and I also know if I have everything for the recipe. There have been many times I went to make something and I was out of an ingredient.

I wanted these homemade meatballs to have a luscious taste, so I combined ground pork with my ground beef. I have also used ground turkey and chicken along with ground beef in the past.

The pork helps grab on to the seasonings better which helps add more flavor to the meatball.

Breadcrumbs are a staple in my house, they can be used in many recipes as a binding agent. The breadcrumbs I used were the plain kind, they helped the eggs bind everything together better.

I also love using the Italian breadcrumbs since they have a little seasoning in them.

Making sure to break up the two eggs before putting them in with the meat, helps with mixing. Doing this in a separate bowl I find helps.

For my seasonings, I once again used my go to Lawry's seasoning salt. Along with black pepper,  Italian seasoning, parsley flakes, minced garlic and onion that was finely chopped.

The little secret is that I use Worcestershire sauce. Now I don't use much of this because it can be a pretty impactful sauce not to mention Worcestershire sauce can be on the salty side. But if used sparingly it helps bring out a savory flavor in the beef.

I also have been making sure to use the low sodium Worcestershire sauce, I would rather have control of the amount of salt in my recipes.

Rolling Into Balls

After I have everything mixed up I use my small scoop to make the homemade meatballs all the same size.

Of course, I'm not above getting my hands into the meat and rolling them by hand either. Sometimes it's easier to it this way.

Putting them in a prepared baking pan.  Once all the homemade meatballs are formed I covered my pan with foil then they were placed in a 350-Degree oven for 1 hour.

Once these are baked you can do many things with them. Spaghetti is a good one, meatball subs: my family adores, you can use them for freezer meals.

We also love to have these meatballs as Swedish meatballs, they taste so good no matter which way we have them.

Smother these meatballs in my easy to make Marinara Sauce and serve with our Garlic Cheese Toast for a complete meal.

Hope you enjoy our homemade meatball recipe.

My Creative Manner is answering the question "what's there to eat" with simple recipe creations~Jen

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