Spaghetti with Chicken Basil Meatballs

This was a meal we enjoyed for several nights!  The meatballs were easy to make and the fresh basil used in the meatballs gave them a wonderful flavor.  Also, the marinara recipe was very tasty!  We had some sauce leftover, and used it as pizza sauce on our homemade pizza we had for dinner the other night.  We always keep 100%  whole wheat pasta (one ingredient) on hand.   Publix will put some of their boxed pasta on sale (B1G1), so I always stock up when  it's on sale.  We ate this delicious spaghetti meal with a side of steamed broccoli and for dessert strawberries, blueberries and cantaloupe. 

Enjoy!
~Davis  

P.S. Just for comparison sake, we used to use the McCormick Thick & Zesty Spaghetti Sauce Mix packet, which has 15 ingredients listed...and the first ingredient is sugar!!!


click here for CHICKEN BASIL MEATBALLS recipe ***
(from: Cahaba Fitness)

Ingredients:
-ground chicken
-eggs
-almond flour/meal
-fresh basil
-garlic powder
-onion powder
-dried parsley
-salt
-pepper
***Instead of making this recipe into a meatloaf, I simply made the mixture into meatballs.  I placed the meatballs on a baking sheet and cooked them in the oven, just like the original recipe.


click here for MARINARA SAUCE recipe 
(from: All Recipes)

Ingredients:
-olive oil
-garlic cloves
-crushed tomatoes (preferably organic)
-tomato puree (preferably organic)
-dried oregano
-dried parsley
-grated cheese (I used mozzarella)
-bay leaves
-onion powder
-1 tsp. sea salt (not in the original recipe)


click here for HOMEMADE SPAGHETTI SAUCE recipe *
(from: 100 Days of Real Food)

Ingredients:
-fresh, organic, ripe tomatoes
-chopped carrots
-chopped celery
-chopped onion
-olive oil
-salt
*I wanted to use this recipe for the sauce, but I had some tomato puree that I needed to use up.  I hope to try this one sometime soon.  If you use this recipe, I'd love to get some feedback on it.

Spaghetti with Chicken Basil Meatballs.