The title says it all. Seriously. This is the best spaghetti and meatballs recipe ever ever ever. It’s also my favorite Throw Back Thursday post to date. I always love remaking old recipes for #tbt but this one totally wins. (btw: if you scroll down about halfway you can have a good laugh at the first pics I took. they’re pretty unappetizing.) Want to take spaghetti and meatballs from a Sunday night kids’ dinner to OMG I’ll do almost anything to eat this every day of my life? I thought you might. Let me show you how. Spoiler alert: it’s super easy.
Why this is the best spaghetti and meatballs recipe:
The trick is in the tomatoes. Simple, every day, store-bought tomatoes turned into magic by your oven.That’s right, your oven. What makes this spaghetti and meatballs out of this world is the roasted tomato pasta sauce.Sweet, caramelized, super rich and delicious roasted tomatoes.It’s also super crazy easy to make. Put some tomatoes, onions, and garlic in your oven. When they’re dark and delicious, puree them in your blender and your spaghetti sauce is ready to eat.The hardest thing about making this spaghetti and meatballs recipe is deciding what to serve with it. I usually opt for zoodles (paleo + Whole30 + low-carb!) but regular or gluten-free spaghetti is pretty hard to pass up. Which would you choose?
How do I make the perfect spaghetti and meatballs?
Well since you’re asking, let me tell you. First, you need to get the sauce just right. Luckily, that’s super easy.
Here’s how you’re going to make your oven roasted tomato sauce:
That’s it! You’ve just made the best oven roasted tomato sauce ever. See those deeply caramelized tomatoes up there? That is what you want to see when you pull your tomatoes out of the oven. And this is what they’ll look like after you blend them …
How do you make easy meatballs for spaghetti?
The second part you need to nail when you’re making spaghetti and meatballs are … you guessed it, the meatballs. Luckily they are as easy to make as the oven-roasted tomato sauce.
Here’s how you’re going to make the best spaghetti meatball recipe:
That’s it! Three simple and easy steps to the best spaghetti meatball recipe ever. See how good they look … Now all you have to do is pour that insanely delicious spaghetti sauce over the meatballs, ladle the spaghetti sauce and meatballs over spaghetti (or zoodles, if you’re weird like me and actually prefer them), and dig in. You are going to be so happy you did. And just in case you’re not 100% sold, since remaking this recipe a few weeks ago, my handsome man has (I’m not exaggerating) has asked me to make it again every. single. day. #truth
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