LOVE NOTE #108: Let's Get Wed Red Wine Sauce over Pasta & Garlic Meatballs

Using what was left in the kitchen, I came up with this filling dish! It's fast and inexpensive!
After spending an afternoon trying to put together our new little space-saver kitchen table, and with the temperature outside still requiring too much North Face attire, well, it was a whip-up-whatever dinner kinda day!


Ingredients for the sauce:

• 1/2 cup red wine
• 1/2 cup milk (I used almond milk)
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper
  
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 2 teaspoons butter
  
• 2 lemon wedges
• 1/4 cup of tomato sauce
  

Instructions:

• On medium heat, in a pan add butter until it is melted
• add the wine, milk garlic salt, garlic powder, pepper, lemon, flour, and tomato sauce
  
• constantly stirring until the sauce is reduced to about 1/2. Remove from heat.

Pour over pasta - voila! A meatless dish and dinner is served! However, we love meatballs in our home, so follow the recipe below if you want to add some oomph!


Meatball Ingredients:

• 1 pound of ground beef (or any ground meat variety - go turkey or chicken to make it a light affair!)
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1 teaspoon salt

Instructions:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees
• Place ground beef, egg, flour, pepper, and salt in a bowl. Mix until combined
• shape meat into 1 inch balls
  
• place in a baking dish
• bake for 25 minutes - flipping them over at the halfway mark.

There you have it! So quick and easy, leaving you both time for whatever you have in mind post dinner;)

Love,

Marikym