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here’s the truth.

On 14, Mar 2011 | 4 Comments | In dinner, Kyle, love, recipe, tennis, weekend | By lela

I think I can safely say this weekend has been the best married weekend thus far.
(as far as hangin-out-at-the-house goes)
good thing, because I just read my dear co-workers blog about married weekends, and I related all too well.
Let’s just say this: the title of her blog is “The Truth Is Lame.” 
But luckily, here is my truth for the weekend 
(and it might not be as lame as previous weekends!)
Friday, we bought tennis rackets and tennis balls 
(now we’re totally tennis players.)
we went out for our belated Valentine’s Day dinner
(yum!)
we bought our favorite candies for a Friday Night Treat
(did you ever do that as a kid?? we totally did, and we totally love our treats)
Saturday, we played tennis! 
(toldja we’re tennis pros!)
had a yummy lunch at Subway
(it’s pretty healthy, had to go along with our active morning!)
took a 2-hour afternoon nap and then spent a few hours at Borders Bookstore, reading and drooling over books we wanted to buy.
(look! it’s our magazine in the middle! I had a moment of excitement)
Sunday, went to church, which was great of course!
took another 2-hour nap
(hooray!)
kyle & I worked on our “design off” project for Blickenstaffs
(maybe more to come on that later…)
talked about adopting a bunny, which we will be all white and we will name Apple
had a yummy, yummy dinner
(if I do say so myself!)
and the grand finale?
we watched Jaws
(my first showing!)
and that’s the whole truth.

ta-daa!

On 07, Mar 2011 | No Comments | In dinner, homemade spaghetti, meatballs, recipe | By lela


I used to think I knew spaghetti. Oh yeah, I totally had a handle on that stuff, homemade even.
And then, I tried this recipe.
I was on the search for an amazing meatball recipe, and I stumbled upon this little gem.
And yes, it requires a little bit of time (lots of simmering time, not prep).
It’s sooo worth it.
The first time, I didn’t have time to simmer the whole time & it was just fine. And since we never finished all the meatballs, I made the sauce again tonight and put the leftover meatballs in. Delicious!
I pinky-promise :)

Ingredients

  • MEATBALLS
  • 1 pound lean ground beef
  • 1 cup fresh bread crumbs
  • 1 tablespoon dried parsley
  • 1 tablespoon grated Parmesan cheese
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • SAUCE
  • 3/4 cup chopped onion
  • 5 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 2 (28 ounce) cans whole peeled tomatoes
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 1 teaspoon white sugar
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
  • 3/4 teaspoon dried basil
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper

Directions

In a large bowl, combine ground beef, bread crumbs, parsley, Parmesan, 1/4 teaspoon black pepper, garlic powder and beaten egg. Mix well and form into 12 balls. Store, covered, in refrigerator until needed.

In a large saucepan over medium heat, saute onion and garlic in olive oil until onion is translucent. Stir in tomatoes, salt, sugar and bay leaf. Cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer 90 minutes. Stir in tomato paste, basil, 1/2 teaspoon pepper and meatballs and simmer 30 minutes more. Serve.

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