Meatballs With Vegetables In Creamy Tomato Sauce Recipe

Delicious meatballs and vegetables in creamy tomato sauce recipe for dinner😊

What you will need:

Homestyle meatballs (I like the ones from Walmart).

3 medium size carrots, 4 small or medium tomatoes, a half of medium size onion, a half of regular size green (or any kind like red, orange) bell pepper, 3-4 mushrooms.

6oz can of tomato paste and some sour cream.

How to make it:

Place desired amount of meatballs in a baking pan (I use cake pan lined with foil).

Bake for 20-25 mins on 350F until all are evenly hot.

Peel and cut carrots, start frying over medium heat on olive oil. Meanwhile prepare other vegetables.

After about 5 mins, add cut onion.

Then pepper and mushrooms.

When all the veggies are almost done, add cut tomatoes.

Add some seasonings. I added salt, black pepper, some crushed red pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, basil leaves.

Simmer all on medium-low heat for 5-6 mins until tomatoes are soft.

Then add the whole can of tomato paste.

Pour water in the same can and add to the pot. 

Do it 2 times 

So total you add 2 cans of water.

Stir to mix tomato paste with water until you see an even consistency.

Then add 4 tablespoons of sour cream.

Mix all together.

After that I would usually add more seasonings (same as first time) for the extra flavor.

Stir and add cooked meatballs.

Make sure all of the meatballs are covered with sauce.

Turn off the heat, cover and let it sit for 10-15 mins before serving.

Serve it over cooked rice..

..or mashed potatoes😉

Video recipe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuoBJ2K8U88&t=14s

Mashed Potatoes With Baked Meatballs Dinner

    Here is another my all-time favorite dinner recipe – mashed potatoes and meatballs. Meatballs are store-bought, usually I would buy them from Walmart – ‘Great Value’ fully cooked homestyle meatballs↓

But today I had Italian style meatballs from Sam’s club. Both original or homestyle taste good in this recipe. You will also need a jar of pasta sauce. My favorite one is again from Walmart😉

Preheat oven to 400F for Italian style meatballs, and 350F for regular home style.

Place desired amount of meatballs in baking pan (mine is a cake pan lined with foil), bake it for about 25 mins.

For mashed potatoes you will need russet potatoes, milk and butter ( salted or unsalted, it doesn’t matter).

Peel desired amount of potatoes and place them in a pot.

Add water (enough to cover all the potatoes) and 1 tbsp of salt.

Cover and bring to boil on high heat. Once It’s boiling, turn heat to medium and slowly boil until done. Watch it all the time, because if it’s boiling too intense the water can overflow.

Meanwhile, take the meatballs out of the oven, pour about half a jar of sauce (sauce needs to cover all the meatballs). I also add some seasonings – garlic powder, curry powder, minced onion, black pepper – just to make it more flavorful.

Mix all well and bake for another 20-25 mins until sauce is hot and bubbling.

Potatoes usually take about 25 mins to cook. Сheck by poking one with knife or fork, once you feel all the potatoes are soft and break easy, they are done. Then pour potato water in the sink (cover loosely with lid leaving some space, hold on sides with towel or oven mittens and pour). It’s ok to leave some water on the bottom.

Then add about 1 cup of milk ( hot or cold), and start mashing. As mashing potatoes add some more milk, once you feel it gets dry and needs more liquid. Usually I would add 1-2 cups of milk depending on amount of potatoes.

Add 2-3 tbsp of butter. Let it melt, then stir in potatoes.

Serve meatballs on top of potatoes, or mix together.

Sprinkle meatballs with some shredded parmesan cheese for extra deliciousness😉

Video recipe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i32lFJ0UIKg
Mashed potatoes video recipe - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cb2VOO80uJE&t=10s