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Simmered In Tradition – Easy Meatballs and Spaghetti

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As a family we want to create traditions and lasting memories with our children. Mealtime is especially important for our family, it’s the time of year that we gather together and enjoy meals together as a family. We are happy to partner with Ragu on this post.
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Families are important to a company like Ragu. Founder Assunta, was an immigrant – her entrepreneurial spirit, and strict sauce standards that she demanded were passed down generation over generation. This is a sauce to be celebrated and to be used make your own traditions and that’s exactly what we do.

My husband is an extremely hands on father, having three girls hasn’t stopped him form jumping right in. He often involves our girls in making dinner and one of the things they wanted to make this week an meatballs. Homemade Kids Meatballs (3)

Spaghetti is a favorite in our house so making meatballs and a salad just adds to the meal. I can easily say this is one meal we have each week and it’s quite the tradition for our family now.

Easy Meatballs

  • 1 lb ground beef
  • 3/4 cup breadcrumbs
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1 egg
  • season to liking with salt, pepper and Italian seasonings

Since our girls enjoy cooking it’s nice to get their little hands involved in making meals. Meatballs are easy because you just mi everything together in a bowl. Homemade Kids Meatballs (4)Our girls really enjoyed rolling these into balls, and it was fun to really use their hands for a meal.
Homemade Kids Meatballs (5)Then you just cook them in your sauce for 30 minutes until the insides are 360 degrees. Homemade Meatballs cooked in sauceServe with your favorite sides and a salad topped on spaghetti noodles! Traditional Spaghetti Meatball Homemade Dinner By KidsJust like Ragu’s long standing traditions our family tries to create our very own.

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What are your family’s favorite mealtime traditions?

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  1. Oh those look so easy to make! We love meatballs, but I have not made them for years! I have to try these! So fun for spaghetti!

  2. I usually buy already made meatballs , but after seeing how easy these are to make, I am going to give your recipe a try.

  3. One of my family’s favorite mealtime traditions is we take turns sharing with other about our day. 🙂

  5. We love using Ragu in our family and use it in a lot of recipes! It’s become part of our family traditions when it comes to food.

  9. We just made Spaghetti and meatballs last week with Ragu! Ragu is the best tasting sauce to make spaghetti with. Your kids did a good job with the meatballs!

  10. Your meal looks amazing and your kiddos are cute. That dessert though would be calling my name the whole way through dinner, lol. That looks great.

  11. We have certain nights designated for special meals (breakfast for dinner one night a week). Meatballs & spaghetti are a crowd pleaser so we have those quite a bit also.

  13. I have never made home made meatballs before. These seem really easy to make and fun to have the kids help. We will have to make these with the kids.

  14. That’s awesome your hubby is in the Kitchen with his girls. My dad taught me to cook breakfast.