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    Mediterranean Mini-Meatballs

    August 27, 2010 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 5 Comments

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    I’ve had this hankering for olives lately. While I haven’t set out to eat an entire jar of green olives, I have no doubt that I could do it…as long as I had a huge glass of water and something sweet nearby.

    As I was perusing the cupboards when making my meal plan over the weekend, my eye fell on the olive jar ($.49 from Walgreens). And as I started to tear into it and eat every last green olive, I wandered off…  It was as if I was standing under an olive tree in a grove overlooking the deep blue waters of the Mediterranean.  It was very Hollywood-esque.

    And as I snapped back to the reality of a baby who recently discovered toilet water (and his mother, that would be me, who cannot for the life of her remember where she stowed the toilet locks from the last baby who discovered toilet water, and is too cheap to go out and by new ones, so she just keeps all the bathroom doors shut now) and a little boy begging for water and a snack, it hit me…I need to try these with the mini-meatballs that are in the freezer.

    (Writes Mediterranean Meatballs on weekly meal planner.)

    In the end, I thought the green olives were a lovely addition to the sauce.

    And now for the means to this end.

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    Mediterranean Mini-Meatballs

    Prep Time10 minutes
    Cook Time20 minutes
    Servings - 4 persons

    Ingredients 

    • 1 15 oz can crushed tomatoes ($.16) Sale, store promo, coupon
    • 1 6 oz can tomato paste ($.19) Used $.75/1 Muir Glen coupon
    • 1/2 jar green olives, plus some juice ($.25) Walgreens sale and coupon
    • 1-2 Tbsp olive oil ($.10)
    • About 2/3 lb ground beef made into mini-meatballs (Try my Herbed Meatball recipe!) ($2)
    • 4 garlic cloves, crushed ($.20)
    • Salt and pepper
    • Spaghetti noodles (about 3/4 lb for our family) ($.75)
    • 1 zucchini ($.75)
    • Salt and pepper

    Instructions

    • In a mixing bowl, add the crushed tomatoes and the tomato paste.
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    Filed Under: Beef Recipes, Budget Friendly Recipes, Dairy Free Meal Ideas, Pasta Recipes, Skillet Dinner Recipes Tagged With: zucchini

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    1. Kristy @momhatescooking says

      August 27, 2010 at 5:32 pm

      These sounds good…and my son has recently discovered toilet water, and he likes to flush the toilet too! AHH. I do have locks, but I haven’t had the chance to get them on yet…so doors are shut!!

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    2. Colleen Dworak says

      August 27, 2010 at 6:10 pm

      I want to sign up for the free recipes, coupons, etc.

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    3. Jocelyn Stott says

      August 27, 2010 at 6:29 pm

      These look SO good! YUM!

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    4. Alton Owens says

      August 28, 2010 at 5:54 am

      Full of flavor, simple and easy to throw together, very good, but your description of the Mediterranean as deep blue is wrong it is turquoise as in French for Turkish.

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    5. Tasha (Steps to Simple Living) says

      September 9, 2010 at 6:42 pm

      I made this tonight. I also added some diced onions. It was very good.
      Thank you so much for sharing this.
      Tasha

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