Description

Serve your family a great pasta dish of meatballs, mushrooms, spaghetti sauce, mozzarella-cream cheese, and ziti or rigatoni. Serve it with a side salad and some garlic toast, if desired.

Ingredients

• 1 lb. ground beef
• ½ c. breadcrumbs
• 2 t. dried basil
• 2 t. dried oregano
• 1 t. salt
• 1 t. red pepper flakes
• 2 T. Worcestershire sauce
• ¼ c. milk
• 2 T. olive oil
• 1 onion, diced
• 1 lb. sliced mushrooms
• 24 oz. spaghetti sauce
• 1 lb. ziti or rigatoni pasta
• 8 oz. cream cheese, softened
• 8 oz. ricotta cheese
• 1 c. shredded Parmesan cheese

Steps

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Lightly grease a large baking sheet.
2. In a large mixing bowl, make meatballs by combining ground beef, breadcrumbs, basil, oregano, salt, red pepper flakes, Worcestershire sauce and milk; mix together until well mixed. Form into mini meatballs, using about 1 T. meat for each ball. Place meatballs on the prepared baking sheet. Bake for about 20 minutes.
3. While meatballs are baking, pour olive oil into a large dutch oven or an oven-safe pot, over medium-high heat. Add diced onion and mushrooms; saute for 5 - 7 minutes until onions are soft and translucent and mushrooms are cooked. Pour in spaghetti sauce; reduce heat; let simmer until pasta and meatballs are ready.