Weekend recipes

On top of spaghetti
All covered with cheese
I lost my poor meatball
When somebody sneezed

Italian Meatballs
First up on Friday evening were some classic Italian-style meatballs, the first recipe I've made from the Joy of Cooking, which my Mom gave me for Christmas.



Surprisingly? Easier than I expected. No crazy ingredients were involved, and basically you just mush everything together in the bowl with your hands and then form the balls. I prepared them ahead of time earlier in the week and popped them in the freezer so all that was left for the weekend was to dredge them in flour, brown them in a pan, and bake for 10 minutes. The most difficult part was actually the pan-browning since they ended up being more like meatcubes than meatballs. The end result was amazingly delicious and flavorful, plus I have some leftovers for work lunches this week.

Breakfast Scramble
Not to brag, but I am damn good at scramblin' the old eggs, and they are my standby weekend-guest-breakfast dish. To try something a little different, I adapted this recipe from Everyday Food. Leftover scallions from the white bean soup were already in the veggie drawer, and clearly I skipped the whole tofu thing that Martha wanted me to do.



Yum! (and no ketchup required)

Cauliflower Macroni & Cheese (sans cauliflower)
The main draw of this recipe was definitely the drool-inducing photograph of it on the cover of Real Simple. Then I found out that cauliflower was involved and quickly crossed that off the list of ingredients. I've always used the recipe from the Betty Crocker cookbook before, and this new one was quite different because no flour goes into it, and they want you to use sour cream. It's also a little healthier, using whole grain pasta and bread slices for the breadcrumb topping. I'm saving most of this for lunches during the week.