Thursday, August 21, 2008

Spaghetti and "Meatballs".

For dinner tonight I decided to try something from a new cookbook I just got called Country Life Vegetarian Cookbook. Along with some tempting loaf recipes (I dig veggie loaves so much.) there are also a few "meatball" recipes, one of which are made with tofu. I decided to try that recipe and use them for spaghetti and "meatballs". This afternoon I made a quick marinara and let it simmer while I made the tofu balls. While they were cooking in the oven, I was able to catch the Dodgers on tv. Yes, they won! (And Casey Blake is still my boyfriend.) Here is a picture of the meatballs cooling out of the oven.


Later on at dinner time I just reheated the sauce and meatballs and put a quick salad together with the "Sauce Rouge" dressing from the same cookbook. Sorry about the quality of photo, it got darker by this time.


It all went deliciously well. The tofu balls were very nice and surprisingly filling. They reminded me of mini tofu loaves. Three balls on top of the spaghetti and sauce was enough for me. Lots of leftovers for tomorrow!

7 comments:

Glue and Glitter said...

Oooh I have this cookbook!! I made the lentil loaf, and it was lovely! I should really dig it out again.

er...the book, not the lentil loaf!

LeAnne said...

I am going to make these soon. I want, I want, I WANT!

Rosemary said...

I just found your blog and read every post. So far I want try everything!

kmouse said...

rosemary-
If you want any of the recipes that are from cookbooks, let me know. I'll be happy to share them with you via email.
devilandmouse@yahoo.com

Kim

Destiny's Kitchen said...

Nice balls! Seriously though, they look really good. The only meatballs I've made were the tofu ones from the PPK. They were good too!

Love your blog!

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