Pesto Sauce!

Here is a great Pesto recipe!  

Pesto!

Yields: 4 Servings

Ingredients

2 cups Fresh basil
2 cloves Garlic
1/4 cup Walnuts or pine nuts
1/2 cup Olive oil
1/4 teaspoon Salt or to taste
1/2 cup Parmesan freshly grated

  Instructions
In a blender or processor, combine basil, garlic, nuts and oil. Process until almost smooth. If pasty, add more oil. Scrape into a bowl and beat in cheese and salt to taste. Serve as a sauce on pasta or rice or use as a flavoring for vegetable soup. Is great on Chicken as well.

Spaghetti Sauce and Meatballs

Not the secret recipe, but a good one!  This sauce and meatballs are great over traditional spaghetti, or put a new twist on it and try over tortellini or other types of pasta noodles.  

Spaghetti Sauce & Meatballs

Yields: 4 Servings

Ingredients

-- Spaghetti Sauce --
1 small can Tomato puree
1 small can Tomato sauce
1/4 teaspoon Baking soda
1 teaspoon Salt
1/2 teaspoon Pepper or more
1/4 teaspoon Garlic powder
1 small Onion chopped
1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
2 Bay leaf
Water enough to cover meatballs and 1 inch over.

-- Meat Balls --
1 pound Ground Chuck
Salt & pepper to taste
1 small Onion chopped
1 Egg
Oatmeal enough to thicken meat mixture and shape into balls

  Instructions
Brown meatballs slightly over medium heat using 1 tbsp oil. Then pour the sauce over the meatballs, add a bay leaf or 2 and simmer slowly in a covered large corning ware dish for about 1 ½ hours.