Store bought meatballs

[K Frame]

I love meatballs, but I absolutely abhor making meatballs.

The other week my local grocery had 64 ounce bags of Mama Lucia's Italian-style bite sized meatballs on sale for $10.

Figured I'd give them a try and if I didn't really like them I'd throw them into a highly flavored soup.

Well, these things are REALLY good, and at $2.50 a pound they're cheaper than what I can make at home.

I've had them with gnocchi, I've thrown them into ramen, and I'm going to make a meatball vegetable soup this weekend, I think.

These are going to be a staple in my freezer.

[Live Life]

Don't forget spaghetti and meatballs and meatball sandwiches.

[Brad Johnson]

I'll have to give them a try if they're available locally.

We get bags of meatballs from Sam's, keeping them around for snacking and occasional party offerings. I think they are Bartacchi or something like that. Having no experience beyond those, I'm not sure I'd know a "good" meatball from a ho-hum one.

Brad

[grampster]

Our Meijer store made meatballs are really good too.  Gret for spaghetti and meat ball samiches.

[K Frame]

Don't forget spaghetti and meatballs and meatball sandwiches.

I'm actually not a huge spaghetti fan. Other pasta shapes, yes, but for some reason I don't much care for spaghetti, linguini, etc.

I do make an exception for angle hair/capellini, but I don't eat that that often, either. Generally only during the holidays when I make it with shrimp scampi.

[K Frame]

Our Meijer store made meatballs are really good too.  Gret for spaghetti and meat ball samiches.

These ones are a bit small for meatball sandwiches. I'd need to get a bag of the "normal" size meatballs, otherwise they might spill out of the sandwich like a bag of marbles opening up.

[JTHunter]

K Frame - I get 1/2 oz. meatballs from Aldi - don't remember the price - and I add them to many different things.  I like that 1/2 oz. size as they are (for me) "bite-sized" and I'll add them to cans of Chef BoyRDee or to those Knorr noodle sides.  The Knorr noodles are nice as they have so many flavors - Parmesan, Teriyaki, Stroganoff, Cheesy Cheddar, Creamy Garlic - that work with beef or pork.  There are lighter flavors that work well with chicken, ham, or hotdogs.  Those include Chicken, Chicken Broccoli, Creamy Chicken, Alfredo/Alf. Broccoli, Cheddar Broccoli, and 4 Cheese.  On the ones with broccoli, I add some frozen broccoli that I pre-thaw and dice up.
If I have some grilled chicken breasts, I'll dice up about 7-8 oz. and add to the noodles.  Or I'll add a 12.5 oz. can of chicken AFTER I drain the "broth".  Or I slice up 4 hotdogs, or 12-16 of those 1/2 oz. meatballs.
I get 2 meals out of those pouches.

[K Frame]

Been using the meatballs for an easy office lunch.

A cup of cooked white rice (from my rice cooker), 12 meatballs, and a couple of heavy squeezes of my favorite BBQ sauce.

When lunch comes, drizzle on a few teaspoons of water to help hydrate the rice, and microwave until the rice is hot and softened.

Very tasty.

Going to start adding some frozen veggies to the mix.

[Ben]

You've been meatballed!

https://youtu.be/BwIbsyQSFmI

[K Frame]

You've been meatballed!

https://youtu.be/BwIbsyQSFmI

Interesting twist, but who the hell is going to eat meatballs that have been stuffed into a desk drawer?

yuk...

[Ben]

Interesting twist, but who the hell is going to eat meatballs that have been stuffed into a desk drawer?

This guy:

https://youtu.be/oKGWtKeKdmQ

[K Frame]

This guy:

https://youtu.be/oKGWtKeKdmQ

Just never found that show to be in the least amusing.

But that was kind of funny.

But the huge can of pickled okra made me want to vomit on my keyboard.

[Ben]

But the huge can of pickled okra made me want to vomit on my keyboard.

Oh, sure. The same guy who has a problem with oyster shooters. 

[Ron]

At REI they would provide lunch sometimes.
The Costco meatballs were pretty good, I gorged myself on them on many occasion.

[K Frame]

Oh, sure. The same guy who has a problem with oyster shooters. 

I wasn't clear.

I like oysters. Had them raw many times. Prefer them deep fried, but I've nothing against them raw.

It was the quail egg floating in the warm urine sample that is saki to which I objected.

I'd rather shove oyster shells up my ass sideways than drink that foul *expletive deleted*it.


As for okra? Okra in any form is as disgusting as the Japanese urine sample.

[RocketMan]

As for okra? Okra in any form is as disgusting as the Japanese urine sample.

I never cared at all for okra until I had my wife's pan fried okra.  Absolutely wonderful.  We grow it every year in our garden and never seem to have enough.
Pickled okra is hit or miss with me.  There are a couple of local brands that are usually pretty good, crisp, not mushy or slimy. Once in a while they are kind of rough though, and I'll get a jar that isn't so good.  It gets pitched.

[K Frame]

I've tried Okra pickled, fried, stewed, baked, and the ubiquitous gumbo addition, and none of it has set well with me.

[K Frame]

Going to mix it up a little bit.

I'm going to sous vide some chicken breasts and cook some brown rice in my cooker.

Also going to cook some frozen peas, carrots, corn, and green beans. Not sure if I'll throw them in the rice cooker near the end of cooking and let it steam or what.

But, I'll either slice or cube the chicken and have it, the rice, and the veggies for my lunches. Either with BBQ sauce or with a couple of splashes of balsamic salad dressing.