Chicken breast meatballs and Instant pot sauce

Spaghetti and meatballs is a favorite in this house, just like in Bread and Jam for Frances. I've been on a low carbohydrate kick and also like to get in my omega fats, so I substituted flax meal for any binding agent. This especially helps for Middle Child, who hates salmon in all its forms.

#16 No-Grain Chicken Breast Meatballs

6 chicken breasts, ground (you can sub any kind of ground meat)

3 tbs Montreal Steak Seasoning

1 c flax meal

1 egg

Mix by hand. Shape into meatballs and roast at 400F for 35 minutes.

#17 instant pot tomato sauce

1 big ass can of tomatoes (#10 can)

1/2 c balsamic

Basil

Oregano

Salt, pepper, garlic to taste

Cook in instant pot on the soup setting. Eat on everything. Zoodles, noodles, toast. You can also cook for 4-6 hours in a slow cooker.

What are your favorite tomato sauce recipes? My grandma was from Tensleep, Wyoming and not Italy, so I'd love to hear any hand me downs!

Kicking off #365Recipes2018

A recipe for every day of the year. The goal has so many things I love - hard to achieve, maybe a little crazy. Lots of food, tons of time in the kitchen with the family. So many cookbooks. Getting out of my comfort zone.

The first installment isn't a fancy one, but it's a page straight out of my childhood. My very first exposure to Mexican food, which really wasn't Mexican at all. So, I'm calling it Alaskan Taco Salad. For true, childhood flavor you're going to need one of those taco meat spice packets and a bag of Doritos. Not a lot of fresh veggies or homemade salsa, either. This salad tastes like childhood to me, and we ate it twice over Christmas break. (The kids loved the Doritos, because they couldn't believe I actually bought them!)

#1 of #365Recipes2018
Alaskan Taco Salad

• 1 lb ground beef, turkey, or game meat
• 1 onion
• Cumin, ancho, garlic or other taco spice blend
• 1 head of lettuce
• Salsa, sour cream, Tillamook cheese
• Doritos or other tortilla chips
• Ranch dressing

Brown your onions and meat together, enjoying the fantastic smells. Hide all your lettuce in the fantastic meat, cheese, sour cream, and crumbled Doritos.