Tag: salad

I wrote about these meatballs a while ago and made them again last night for my sweet.

I make extra meatballs, use some with pasta and save others for the week which I use in sandwiches, salads or just for a snack.

They are simple and versatile – you can use many different seasonings and make them your own.

For the past few weekends my dad and I have had a standing date watching Homeland – the amazing Showtime show.  We watch several episodes a weekend to get ready for the new season starting October 5th.

This date sometimes puts a crimp on our dinner style 🙂

The wine is flowing freely as we watch but this girl can’t live on wine alone.

The father made a request for pasta with Swedish meatballs.

In my mind Swedish meatballs means tons of dill in a sour cream sauce and so that’s what I did.

We took a twenty minute break from our TV watching and I had dinner ready at the end of it.

I took coarse minced beef (you can use turkey, chicken, pork or a combination of) and added a handful of chopped dill, garlic, salt, pepper and red pepper flakes.

I browned these in olive oil as the pasta cooked in salted water.

When the meatballs were browned in about 10 minutes or so, I added a cup of sour cream and a half cup of milk.  I added the pasta to this mixture, more dill and chopped garlic – and then red pepper flakes because that’s what I do.

Some vinegar or lemon juice for a tang, check for seasoning and dinner is ready.

Ladle in bowls and we watch as we are mesmerized by Homeland.

Try this recipe, watching TV or not.

I promise you will love it.

Until I eat again!