Family Pleasing Meatballs

Ingredients

• 40 servings base recipe 
• 2  bread rolls split french (6 inch)
• 0.5 cup each: carrot and celery sticks 
• 4 oz pasta like spaghetti cooked
• 1  egg white 
• 1 lb extra ground beef lean
• 1.5 cups classico family favorites pasta sauce traditional
• 0.3 tsp pepper 
• 0.3 cup ritz reduced fat crackers crushed
• 0.5 cup milk mozzarella cheese shredded 2% kraft
• 1 T adult variation 
• 40 servings kid variation 
• 1 T adul variation 
• 40 servings kid variation 

Equipment

• bowl
• oven
• baking pan
• microwave

Directions

1. PREHEAT oven to 375F.
2. Combine meat, cracker crumbs, egg white and pepper. Shape into 12 meatballs, each about 2-1/4 inches in diameter.
3. Place in 15x10x1-inch baking pan sprayed with cooking spray.
4. Bake 20 min. or until meatballs are cooked through.
5. Pour pasta sauce into microwaveable bowl. Microwave on HIGH 2 to 3 min. or until heated through, stirring after 1-1/2 min; set aside.
6. ADD 6 of the meatballs to the 1/2 cup pasta sauce in bowl; toss to coat. Spoon 3 meatballs and half of the sauce onto bottom half of each roll; sprinkle each with 2 Tbsp. cheese.
7. Serve with carrots and celery. Makes 2 adult servings, one sandwich each.
8. DRAIN hot spaghetti. Divide between two serving plates; top each with 3 of the meatballs, 1/2 cup of the sauce and 2 Tbsp. of the cheese. Makes 2 kid servings.