Spaghetti & Meatballs

I thought for my first meal I would go with something easy that I knew D loved. So what's simpler than spaghetti and meatballs? And it worked, he liked it. I won't say he loved it cause he did add some more oregano to his. But I don't take offense to that because the boy likes more oregano than I can handle. He'll just have to deal with adding more. On the other hand, I really don't like spaghetti. I know, I know. Who doesn't like spaghetti? And it's not that I don't like pasta, or tomato sauce, I like both of them! It's just something about the combination I guess. I thought I could get over it, but I just ended up smothering mine in a gallon of hot sauce. I usually make baked spaghetti cause I like it better, but I just didn't feel like going through the trouble. There's not much of a recipe to give here, but I feel whenever blogging about food there should be a recipe (and ideally pictures. But gimmie a break, I'm new at this)

Spaghetti & Meatballs

1 lb spaghetti
1 lb ground beef
1 jar spaghetti sauce
egg
olive oil/vegetable oil
oregano
garlic powder
onion powder
basil
cayenne pepper
parsley
salt & pepper

I don't really remember all the spices I used. I pretty much just raided the spice cabinet and threw in "Italian" stuff.

Mix ground beef with spices and egg. Roll into balls. Add oil (I used vegetable oil here) to pan. Brown the meatballs and add the spaghetti sauce. Cook pasta. Drain. Drizzle with oil (I used extra virgin olive oil). Put spaghetti on your plate. Put sauce and meatballs on top. Pretty simple.

Next time I would maybe just use the egg white, or make them earlier and set them in the fridge for a while. Or not use egg at all. At first I started making the meatballs without the egg, and they were fine, but after a couple I was like "oh, no, these will fall apart in the pan. I'll add an egg" for some reason. And then they were falling apart when I made them. They actually did stay together in the pan, but I had to be very delicate.