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Mom's Famous Spaghetti and Meatballs

Marilyn Ginsburg
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Ingredients
  

Meatballs

  • 1 16-ounce package JENNIE-O® Extra Lean Ground Turkey Breast
  • 4 slices of white bread
  • 1 tablespoon Parmesan cheese
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tablespoon fresh parsley chopped
  • 1/2 teaspoon onion grated
  • 1 small clove garlic minced finely
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano

Spaghetti Sauce

  • 1 cup onion chopped
  • 1 small clove garlic minced
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 - 15 ounce can tomato puree
  • 2 - 15 ounce cans tomato sauce
  • 2 - 6 oounce cans tomato paste
  • 2 cups water
  • 1-1/2 teaspoons salt
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 1 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 1 teaspoon dried basil
  • 1 teaspoon dried parsley flakes
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper

For serving

  • Spaghetti noodles 16 ounce box, cooked and drained
  • Parmesan cheese grated for topping

Instructions
 

For the meatballs

  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees and line a baking sheet with foil or parchment paper.
  • In a small bowl, add enough water to bread slices to cover; let stand for 2 minutes.
  • Remove bread slices and squeeze out excess water.
  • In a medium bowl, combine bread with ground turkey and remaining ingredients; toss lightly with fork to combine.
  • With moistened hands (or an ice cream scoop), shape meat mixture into meatballs.
  • One pound of ground turkey makes approximately 24 meatballs.
  • Bake meatballs in oven for approximately 20-22 minutes, turning over at the halfway mark.
  • Set aside in the refrigerator.

For the spaghetti sauce

  • Heat olive oil in a pan.
  • Add onion and garlic, and cook for about 5-6 minutes until onion is softened and translucent.
  • Add tomato puree, tomato sauce, tomato paste, water, sugar, salt, oregano basil, parsley and pepper.
  • Stir and simmer, uncovered, for 1-2 hours.
  • Add the meatballs and simmer for 1 hour longer.
  • Serve with hot spaghetti and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.

Notes

If you happen to find yourself with one 28-ounce can of tomato puree and one 15-ounce can of tomato sauce instead of what the recipe calls for above, let me tell you that you'll be completely fine!
You can also brown the meatballs in a skillet in vegetable oil (instead of baking).
I used extra lean ground turkey for this recipe because that's what I had on hand; however, you can use regular lean turkey which has a little more fat content and would be my first choice recommendation.
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