Meatballs of comfort

 

Last week I got a little excited by the red letter entry in my desk calendar: March 20 —Spring Begins.  I tucked my winter coat into protective plastic sleeve and buried it deep into storage, shoved my boots underneath the bed, and dressed myself in some too-pretty satin sandals and a flippant floral skirt.  Fool.  I walked around the village waiting to see daffodils blooming and cherry blossoms budding on the trees and promptly shivered into startled oblivion.  Clearly, my desk calendar had not consulted with meteorology.  I climbed my five-floor-walkup in satin ice cubes craving the ultimate comfort food and ready to revel in the west village winter wonderland for a few weeks longer. Thus, I made my favorite spaghetti and meatball recipe and tucked up in a blankie on the sofa and waited for some feeling to creep back into my toes.

Meatballs: 2 hot Italian sausages, 1/3 lb of minced beef, A little hot pepper seeds, Pepper, 1 egg lightly beaten, 4 green onions finely sliced, Chopped parsley, Spaghetti or fettuccini  

Sauce:1 tablespoons of olive oil, 1 onion chopped, 1 teaspoon of garlic, 1 packet of grape tomatoes, 1 cup of pasta sauce

Combine all the ingredients for meatballs and combine and form into balls.  Arrange on a foil-lined baking tray and spray with oil.  Bake in a moderate oven (350) for 30 minutes.  Combine the ingredients for the sauce and stir until hot and serve with the meatballs over cooked pasta.  Top with parsley, pepper, and parmesan.  A blanket over the knees is also a lovely accompaniment.