Healthy Whole Wheat Meaty Pasta

Ingredients:

1 Pasta Sauce Jar (You can get this at Micheals)
1 Container for Meatballs
1 Basket
1 Package Holiday Gift Paper
1 Holiday Card with directions for making "Healthy Whole Wheat Meaty Pasta"
1 box whole wheat pasta

Home Made Meaty-- Meat Balls

• 1 dash salt
• 1 pound lean ground beef
• 1 tablespoon dried parsley
• 1 tablespoon grated parmesan cheese
• 1/4 teaspoon grated black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 egg, beaten

Home made Sauce

3/4 cup chopped onion

5 cloves garlic, minced

1/4 cup olive oil

2 (28 ounce) cans whole peeled tomatoes

2 teaspoons salt

1 teaspoon white sugar

1 bay leaf

1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste

3/4 teaspoon dried basil

1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper

Directions

1. In a large bowl, combine ground beef, bread crumbs, parsley, Parmesan, 1/4 teaspoon black pepper, garlic powder and beaten egg. Mix well and form into 12 balls. Store, covered, in refrigerator until needed.
2. In a large saucepan over medium heat, saute onion and garlic in olive oil until onion is translucent. Stir in tomatoes, salt, sugar and bay leaf. Cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer 90 minutes. Stir in tomato paste, basil, 1/2 teaspoon pepper and meatballs and simmer 30 minutes more. Serve.

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