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Ingredients:Olive Oil, Italian Seasoning, Garlic, Garlic Powder, Onion (diced), pepper, Salt, Breadcrumbs (for meatballs), Diced Tomatoes, Tomato Sauce, Tomato Paste, Spaghetti Noodles, Garlic Bread and Black Olives (optional). Full recipe at bottom.

Spaghetti Sauce: Salt, Pepper to taste, Diced Tomatoes, tomato paste, diced onions, garlic powder, diced garlic, tomato sauce, and mix and heat until ready.

Boil water, with a pinch of salt in the water. Add Noodles to the boiling water. Cook until tender.

Tender Spaghetti (look at picture below)

Meatballs:

Place ground meat into a bowl, breadcrumbs, salt, pepper, garlic powder, garlic (diced), onion (diced), and 1-2 eggs. Mix together, once throughly mixed form into balls. Cook in a hot pan with hot Olive Oil. Cook until get a nice color on the outside.

Finish meatballs in oven at 400 degrees F. Cook until fully cooked. (no pink inside)

Garlic Bread:

follow directions on box.

serving size: 4-8
Spaghetti Sauce
1-2lbs. Spaghetti noodles
2-3 small cans of tomato sauce
1 small can of tomato paste
1-2 large cans of diced tomatoes (depending on how much you like tomatoes)
about 20 black olives chopped
2tsp- garlic powder
1tsp- pepper
1 tsp- salt
2tsp- onion powder
1/2 onion diced
4 cloves of garlic diced
3 tsp- Italian Seasoning

In a large pot combine the tomato sauce, tomato paste, diced tomatoes, garlic powder, pepper, salt, onion powder and stir together. In a seperate cooking pan heat about 4 tablespoons of Olive Oil and cook off the diced onion and garlic. Once the onion and garlic has cooked off pour into the tomato sauce mixture and stir until throughly mixed. Keep on the heat at the lowest setting then once the meatballs are ready place the meatballs into the tomato sauce and stir together and heat until the noodles and mozzarella sticks or garlic bread) are ready and serve.

Fill cooking pot with water until boils add about 1/2 teaspoon (tsp) of salt, add spaghetti noodles and about 2 tablespoons (tbls) of Olive Oil. Cook the noodles until al dente ( with some bite to it but soft).  Drain the spaghetti noodles and pour into a bowl then mix in a little bit of  olive oil to help keep the noodles from sticking. ( do not rince noodles as the good starches will be washed away)

Meatballs
1- 1 1/2 lbs ground beef
1/2 finely grated parmesan cheese
1 whole egg
1 1/2 tsp dried basil
1 1/2 tsp dried parsley
1 tsp. garlic powder
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. red pepper flakes
1/2 cup bread crumbs

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
In a large mixing bowl, combine the pork, lamb, ground round, spinach, cheese, egg, basil, parsley, garlic powder, salt, red pepper flakes, and 1/4 cup of the bread crumbs. Using your hands, mix all ingredients until well incorporated. Use immediately or place in refrigerator for up to 24 hours.
Place the remaining 1/4 cup of bread crumbs into a small bowl. Using a scale, weigh meatballs into 1.5-ounce portions and place on a sheet pan. Using your hands, shape the meatballs into rounds, roll in the bread crumbs and place the meatballs in individual, miniature muffin tin cups. Bake for 20 minutes or until golden and cooked through.

Boil 1/2 package lasagna noodles until they are al dente.
Press out dreidel, menorah, etc. shapes with Chanukah cookie cutters (or if you’re skilled and have a lot of free time, cut them out with a sharp knife).

Lay out festive shapes on wax paper.

Combine two pieces of chicken with fresh carrots, onion, soup greens, basil, turnip, leek, parsnip etc. in a large pot of boiling water and simmer for at least two hours.

A good cheat that really increases flavor is to add a bouillon cube and tablespoon of sugar.

Right at serving, float the noodles in each individual bowl of soup.

12 oz. White chocolate squares
12 oz. Chocolate squares
1 box of Candy canes

Place white chocolate squares in a microwave safe bowl. Melt in microwave for the amount of time it says on the bag. Place chocolate squares in microwave safe bowl. Mel in microwave for the amount of time it says on the bag.

While the white chocolate squares are melting crush the candy canes in a plastic bag. Take out a cookie sheet, cover it with wax paper or butchers paper. Pour out all of the crushed candy canes on the cookie sheet. Pour the melted white chocolate over the crushed candy cane. Once the chocolate has melted pour that over the white chocolate and let sit until cooled, if it hasn’t set yet place in fridge over night. Once the chocolates have set take out of cookie sheet and break into smaller pieces.

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