Meatballs

This was once the family meatball recipe. It may have been through some game-of-telephone or dumbing down before it came to me. In addition, I removed some ground pork and Romano cheese, and added onion and an extra egg. I made it gluten-free once (when I was out of gluten) by substituting crushed generic rice chex for the bread crumbs.

Ingredients

• 1 lb ground beef
• ½ cup bread crumbs
• ½ cup chopped onion
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 tsp dried parsley
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1 tsp salt
• ¼ tsp pepper
• 2 tsp nutritional yeast (optional)
• olive oil

Directions

1. Brown the onion about 8 minutes in olive oil.
2. Add the garlic for another minute.
3. Remove onion and garlic from oil and put in a bowl with remaining ingredients. (Leave the pan.)
4. Mix well.
5. Roll into meatballs about 1 inch in diameter.
6. Brown on all sides in pan.
7. Finish cooking meatballs either in oil or in sauce.