Pa sgetti & Meatballs
For the kids “Night Before Back to School” spaghetti dinner I made Ina’s spicy turkey meatballs. My mom initially made them for our Christmas Eve Dinner Buffet and I remember they really stood out even amongst so much other food! I’ve been craving them ever since and they did not disappoint. I think I may have found my new favorite meatball. I copied her recipe to a t minus the parsley. Perhaps my oven is a little hot but next time I will be cooking them for 5 minutes less. The kids call it pa sgetti, so that’s what I layed the meatballs down on.
I highly recommend this recipe.
All about our families newest tradition:
On Instagram I saw Grace Hamlin talking about her tradition of “Night Before Back to School” spaghetti dinner that she does for her kids. It’s such a great idea, easy to implement and pull off year after year and I would have never thought of it. It’s a great way to signify the ending of summer and the twins got a big kick out of it. I love a tablescape and this one was playful and easy to do.
I set the table with these steps:
All White linen base (napkins included)
White plates and clear cups
Fun yellow flowers, stacked on composition notebooks.
Fill the flowers with rulers, pencils and apples (stick apples on the end of kabob sticks to place)
Jumbo crayons running down the center of the table and random school supplies scattered
Scotch Tape as napkin rings
I’m not even going to lie: when I thought of the scotch tape napkin rings I could not have been prouder ! Inspiration strikes sometimes! I was impressed with my genius until someone pointed out to me that they saw it on another account earlier and meant to send it to me! Womp, womp! Ha- of course! While I’m still pretty proud it came to me organically, I’m a little disappointed I wont be trademarking anything any time soon *wink
