So, if you don’t feel like going all out with making delicious meat sauce for your spaghetti, meatballs are a little faster and just as yummy.

Here’s how I made mine:

• 1 lb. of lean ground beef
• 1 egg, beaten
• minced garlic (however much you like)
• 1/4 cup Italian breadcrumbs

Mix it all together with your hands (there’s no other way, really), and shape it into meatballs. Then, brown them in a pan until they’re nicely colored on the outside, and mostly cooked through (like the picture above, still a bit pink). Dump in your sauce and whatever else you’d like to add to it (I added mushrooms, olives, Italian seasonings, garlic salt, and cheese) and simmer for about 20 minutes.

Mmmmmm…. simple, last-minute spaghetti and meatballs.