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Cookbook Review: 101 Things To Do With Meatballs
Stephanie Ashcraft of 101 Things to do with a Cake Mix fame, has done it again. This time the focus was meatballs and this book, like the other twelve '101' books, comes through. Nothing is faster than prepared meatballs in the struggle to get dinner on the table quickly and many of the recipes in this book are ready in 30 minutes or less.
Each recipes uses very few ingredients and relies on a base of frozen meatballs. Keep in mind that though the book is endorsed by Rich Foods, you can easily substitute homemade meatballs for any of the recipes, provided they are frozen first as the cooking times take that into account.
This isn't all spaghetti and meatballs either; with recipes like Meatball Jalapeno Poppers, Chipotle Meatball Pasta and Italian Focaccia Meatball Sandwiches there is lots of variation and something for everyone.
I made Crowd-Pleasing Meatball Chili (pictured above right) and Thai Pizza and both were very good. The kids especially love meatballs and chili so that combo is a real winner for them. There are far more recipes that I plan to try since I happen to think meatballs are one of the finest foods ever invented. This is one of those books you'll find yourself turning to whenever dinner needs to be done FAST, and you won't be disappointed.
You can find a copy of 101 Things to do with Meatballs at Amazon.com.
This entry was posted on Thursday, November 5th, 2009 at 08:00 am and is filed under Quick Meal Tips, Recommended Cookbooks, Supermarket Shortcuts. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
Penny says:
Thursday, November 5th, 2009 at 05:04 pm
I love finding new ways to use frozen meatballs!
DawnHall says:
Thursday, November 5th, 2009 at 10:25 pm
Sounds yummy! I wish there were premade low-fat meatballs. Meatballs are usually so darn fattening and the low-fat ones I make myself are too time consuming to be done quickly in less than a half hour for an entire meal. Those little balls take too long to roll one at a time! :) The low-fat ones are usually so eexpensive to purchase premade. I always enjoy reading Anne's reviews and I highly respect and admire Anne.(sssshhhhh....I think Anne is really Super Woman herself in disguise). :)
Anniepooh says:
Friday, November 6th, 2009 at 02:22 am
Dawn, you're silly! You know, if you pat the meat mixture into a rectangle and cut it into squares, it's nearly the same as meatballs - just squarier :) I wish there were frozen low-fat ones, too!
Theresa111 says:
Friday, November 6th, 2009 at 09:47 am
Squarier is a cool description.
I tried Grandma Nucci's meatballs and they were fabulous. I hadn't eaten meatballs in such a long time and I will be doing it again next week. I had forgotten how good they were.