YUMMY Meatballs

One of the things I like to do as part of my meal planning is to buy ground beef in bulk and make several meals to be stored in the freezer until needed. One of my favorites is meatballs:

Freezer Stash Meatballs
Makes 48 meatballs; 8 servings

3 pounds lean ground beef
1 1/2 cups soft bread crumbs
3 eggs
6 tablespoons minced onion
3 cloves garlic, crushed
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper

1. Preheat oven to 400.
2. In a large bowl, mix beef, crumbs, eggs, onion, garlic, salt and pepper. Shape into 11/2-inch meatballs. (A miniature ice cream scoop makes fast work of shaping.)
3. Arrange in two 10-by-15-inch jelly roll pans. Bake in preheated oven until meat is browned, with no trace of pink and juices run clear, 10 to 13 minutes.
4. Drain, let cool to room temperature, divide into thirds and freeze each portion in vapor-moisture proof containers.

For ideas on what to use these in, see the whole "plan" at: http://www.menus4moms.com/bulk/beef_plan.php

My 2 favorite ways to use the meatballs is:
* in meatball subs - combine meatballs with some spaghetti sauce and then serve them in buns with mozzerella cheese
* as Swedish meatballs - combine meatballs with a can of cream of mushroom soup and a can (or jar) of brown gravy and heat through; serve over egg noodles


I have a 10-lb. log of ground beef in the fridge, I will try to post tomorrow about how I will use that.

See more great recipes at: http://grocerycartchallenge.blogspot.com

Blessings!!