November's Menu is Up!

So, my menu plan for the rest of October and the month of November is up on the calendar on the left.  If you click on the day and item, it will take you to a link of the recipe.  If there is no link, rest assured, I will post the recipe on the site beforehand.

Please, I would love to hear your takes on the recipes, what you served it with or if your family enjoyed it (or not... some of my recipes are not keepers, that's for sure).  I will post pictures with the family's reviews tomorrow(after the party).

Today's recipes are Mom's Sauce and Meatballs.

Here is the recipe (this is a big, double or triple batch of sauce):

1 large onion chopped
3 garlic cloves crushed
2 Tbs Olive Oil
1 1/2 pounds ground beef
3 28 oz cans Hunts Tomato Sauce
6 small cans Hunts Tomato Paste or 3 large cans
1 28 oz can of water
1 cup of Romano cheese
1/4 cup each basil, oregano and parsley

Saute the onion and garlic in the pan with Olive Oil until softened.  Add the meat and cook until cooked through but not brown.  Add the rest of the ingredients and simmer, on low, stirring every 20 minutes or so.

Mozzarella stuffed Meatballs:

1 small round of fresh mozzarella, cut into 1/2inch cubes
2 lbs ground beef
3 eggs
1 cup of Romano cheese
1 cup of cubed day old white bread or bread crumbs
1/4 - 1/2 cup skim milk

soak the bread or bread crumbs in the milk until soft.  Add all of the other ingredients except the mozzarella and mix until well mixed, but not tough (do not over mix).  Mold each ball around a cube of fresh mozzarella.  Bake at 375 degrees for about 20 minutes, or until browned.

Tonight we are having Penne with Mom's Sauce and a Caesar salad (my family's favorite).  Tomorrow the meatballs will be baked, put into a crock pot of the sauce and taken to a party, with sliced Provolone and rolls to make Meatball Subs.