FABULOUS FIND.....

I love to find new recipes every month for dinner.  This one is one of our family favorites. So I thought I would pass it on.  It looks like alot of ingredients, but well worth the time!  Just a side note for those looking for a healthier way, we used ground turkey for the ground meat, added more onions and peppers to the sauce, and for the hoagie bun we use Sara Lees whole wheat sandwich rounds.  YUM

Crock Pot Meatball Grinders

1 lb ground beef

1 pkg hot Italian sausages, casing removed

pinch of salt 3 dashes of pepper

2 tsp Italian seasoning

1-2 garlic, pressed

1 egg

¾ c breadcrumbs

2 tsp olive oil

1 small onion minced

½ green pepper, minced

1-2 cloves garlic, minced

2 tsp Italian seasoning

1 26 oz jar spaghetti sauce

Hoagie buns

Olive Oil

Garlic Powder

Provolone cheese sliced

Parmesan cheese

In a medium mixing bowl, combine ground beef with the meat from the three hot sausage link (remove casings) Mix until combined, add salt, pepper 2 tsp Italian seasoning, garlic and egg.  Mix well.  Slowly add breadcrumbs until you can form balls about the size of a golf ball. In a skillet, brown meatballs on all sides.  Place in a crock-pot.  Brown the remaining sausage in the skillet, add olive oil, green pepper, garlic and 2 tsp Italian seasoning, Sauté lightly.  Add spaghetti sauce.  Mix well.  Pour sauce over meatballs in crock-pot.  Cook on low for 4-6 hours.  Top serve, slice hoagie buns and brush with olive oil.  Sprinkle with garlic powder.  Toast in oven at 350 for 10-15 minutes until just golden.  Put 2 slices of provolone cheese on bread.  Add 4 meatballs down center of each bun.  Top with Parmesan cheese, and return to oven until cheese melts.

Enjoy!  I am cooking it right now and my house smell spectacular!