Meatball Sub. . .

Made my amazing meatballs the other night and I make amazing meatballs, if I do say so myself.  I added a new trick to preparing the meatball sub.  If you already know this trick kudos to you, if not you should try it.   I use sub rolls and slice them open and put them in the oven at about 275 until they are a little crispy.  I peel a clove of garlic and after the sub roll comes out of the oven I rub the garlic over the bread.  Sounds simple, right?  It makes the sub so yummy though.  After the garlic rub down add a little sauce to the bread and then your meatballs.  I slice my meatballs in half, it just makes the sub easier to eat.  I add cheese, sometimes Swiss and sometimes mozzarella I will leave that choice up to you.  I then put the sub back in the oven just to melt the cheese.  These are amazing subs and amazing meatballs.  I think I have given the meatball recipe recently but I will share it again because they are that doggone good.

Meat Balls
2lbs. ground beef
1 cup of bread crumbs
1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 Tbsp milk
2 eggs beaten
1 tsp garlic powder

Mix together and make into balls

Sauce
1 jar of your favorite pasta sauce
2 cups beef broth
2-3 Tbsp tomato paste (I like the kind that comes in the tube)
1 Tbsp ground dry mustard
2 tsp thyme

Place the meatballs gently into the sauce try not to stack them on top of each other.  I use the crock pot because I think the slow cooking makes a big difference.  I cook them on low for at least eight hours.

I cook when I feel stressed so I may share that salsa recipe this week too.  We are on our third batch of fresh salsa.

Amazing Meatballs. . .

The meatballs were wonderful!   Everyone liked  them except Big T, no big surprise there, he does not  like sauces.  You could say, he is not a saucy kinda boy.  He does not like spaghetti sauce, he will eat my Alfredo every now and then but he would rather not. 
Of course I tweaked this recipe to make it my own and I encourage you to do the same.  If a recipe calls for something you do not have or you do not particularly care for  swap it out for something else.
This is how my recipe goes:

Almost 2 lbs of ground beef
1 cup Italian bread crumbs
1 cup grated fresh Parmesan
2 eggs beaten
1 Tbsp milk
2tsp garlic powder
Mix the above together to make your balls.

Sauce: 
1 jar favorite marinara sauce (I use Prego)
2 Tbsp garlic powder
2Tbsp onion powder
2tsp dried oregano
2 cups beef broth
1 can tomato paste

If you like your sauce a little sweeter you can add some sugar.

This is the meatballs just placed in the sauce

Meatballs ready to go in the sauce.

I cooked these on low in the crock pot for about 7 hours.   We made sandwiches but you could serve over pasta too.  Enjoy. . .