Spaghetti and Meatballs

You’ll Need

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.

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