Spaghetti and Meatballs

Prep and Cook

• 1
  Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• 2
  Heat olive oil in a small skillet, add onions and garlic and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 10 minutes.
• 3
  Remove from heat and let cool.
• 4
  In a large mixing bowl, combine beef, turkey, carrot, spinach, bread crumbs, parmesan cheese, egg, salt and pepper (use a fork or your hands to mix until combined).
• 5
  Stir in half of the cooked onions and garlic mixture (keeping the rest aside for the sauce).
• 6
  Using your (well washed) hands, form meat mixture into 1 1/2" balls and space equally on nonstick baking sheets.
• 7
  Bake in the centre of the oven for approximately 15 minutes or until cooked through (break open a meatball to check).
• 8
  Use remaining cooked onion and garlic mixture and add to low sodium tomato sauce and season with salt and pepper.
• 9
  Bring sauce to a boil, reduce heat and simmer while you cook the noodles in another pot.
• 10
  In a large pot of boiling, salted water, cook spaghetti until al dente.
• 11
  Drain, rinse and top with sauce and meatballs.
• 12
  Serve immediately with freshly grated parmesan cheese.