Grammie's Spaghetti And Meatballs

Total Time: 2 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 28 ounces vegetable juice (grammie used ed smith)
• 5 1/2 ounces tomato paste
• 10 ounces water
• 1 tablespoon dry parsley flakes
• 2 -4 celery leaves
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 -3 garlic cloves (i use 4-5)
• 1 1/2 lbs ground beef
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon dry parsley flakes
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 cup breadcrumbs or 1 cup cracker, crushed

Recipe

• 1 sauce: in a large pot, mix vegetable juice, tomato paste, water, parsley flakes, celery leaves, salt and garlic.
• 2 cover and cook over medium-high heat.
• 3 meatballs: mix together ground beef, eggs, salt, parsley flakes, garlic powder and bread crumbs together. if too wet, add more bread crumbs; if too dry, spoon some of the sauce into the mix.
• 4 gently shape into 2-inch meatballs. you don't want to press too hard or your meatballs will be tough. my kids like to have "kid-size" meatballs, so we have a mix of big and small meatballs.
• 5 once the sauce comes to a boil, lower heat to simmer and add the meatballs.
• 6 cover and cook for 2 hours.
• 7 makes 12-15 servings.
• 8 our family usually doubles the recipe and then we have a freezer meal and a serving for a lunch the next day too!
• 9 i have also made this in the crock pot. put it on high in the morning (i had it in there for 8 hours).