What’s for Dinner?

We are reformed eat-out junkies! We now eat mostly at home, mostly clean and mostly organic. We now use the eMeals Clean Eating Meal Plans

to solve the million dollar question- What’s for dinner?

Every week eMeals

send 7 dinners, recipes and a shopping lists. They have an app. I check off what we have before I hit the store and then pick up everything I need–checking it off in the app as I go. It is fabulous. We have thoroughly enjoyed having new, delicious, healthy, homecooked meals.

For fun, I thought I would share our week’s worth of dinners along with one of the fabulous recipes.

Today I am sharing the Spicy Meatballs in Fire-Roasted Marinara with Baked Spaghetti Squash, because it was a family favorite! This recipe takes about 15 minutes to prep and 30 minutes to cook for a total of 45 minutes. We added a side of broccoli, because there is no such thing as too many vegetables. These are photos I shot with my phone while making a real dinner for my real family while a real child clung to my leg–so no, they don’t look like a Better Homes & Gardens spread. Super tasty and yummy though!

You combine ground pork, breadcrumbs, cumin, red pepper, egg, salt and pepper in a bowl. Form about 24 meatballs. Brow them in oil over medium heat.

Add broth, garlic and tomatoes to the meatballs. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer 15 minutes or until meatballs are done and sauce is slightly thickened.

For the squash, you will want to preheat the oven to 425. Cut the squash in half and drizzle olive oil, sprinkle with salt and pepper. Place the squash, cut sides down, in a baking dish coated with cooking spray. Bake squash 30 minutes or until fork-tender.

You literally scrape at the squash with the fork to get “noodles”.

So delicious!

Spicy Meatballs in Fire-Roasted Marinara & Baked Spaghetti Squash

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Prep time 15 mins
Cook time 30 mins
Total time 45 mins
Author: Megan Bray Recipe type: Clean Eating/Family Friendly Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients

• 11⁄2 lb lean ground pork
• 1⁄4 cup whole-wheat Panko breadcrumbs
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1⁄4 teaspoon crushed red pepper
• 1 large egg, lightly beaten
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt, 1⁄2 teaspoon freshly ground
• pepper
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1⁄2 cup reduced-sodium chicken broth
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 (14.5-oz) cans fire-roasted diced tomatoes
• 1 (2- to 3-lb) spaghetti squash
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 3⁄4 teaspoon salt, 1⁄2 teaspoon freshly ground
• pepper

Instructions

1. Combine ground pork, breadcrumbs, cumin,red pepper, egg, salt and pepper in a large bowl
2. shape mixture into 24 balls
3. Heat oil in a large deep skillet over medium-high heat
4. add meatballs, and cook 4 minutes, turning to brown on all sides
5. Add broth, garlic and tomatoes.
6. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer 15 minutes or until meatballs are done and sauce is slightly thickened.
7. Preheat oven to 425°F
8. Cut squash in half; scrape out seeds.
9. Drizzle cut sides of squash with oil; sprinkle with salt and pepper
10. Place squash, cut sides down, in a baking dish coated with cooking spray
11. Bake squash 30 minutes or until fork-tender
12. Use a fork to scrape squash into spaghetti-like strands; serve meatballs and sauce over spaghetti squash.

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Megan
Hi, I'm Megan--the crazy mom of three behind this blog. Please don't be intimidated by the name. Note it doesn't say BALANCED Home. We hardly have it all together, but together we have it all. Or at least that is what I tell myself. I love rearranging, decorating, creating, crafting, celebrations, family, and holidays. I share a little bit of all of that and more on Balancing Home. I am married to my college sweetheart (Is that a thing? Well now it is.) and he is a very talented designer. I use him for his skills so I can offer up sweet printables to all of you. If you want to learn more randomness about me or my blog, stop by my about page. TwitterFacebookGoogle

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