Get Those Veggies in Em' - Spagetti and Meatballs with Veggie Sauce!

The Sauce and pasta (Barilla whole grain spaghetti) boiling away.

In the sauce:
- extra virgin olive oil (dare I say EVOO)
- one 28 oz can Fire Roasted Tomatoes (because I had it in the cupboard)
- 5 tomatoes from my garden (which I stuck in the blender with the canned ones)
- onions
- chopped garlic (from the jar)
- basil from the garden
- shredded zucchini (use the food processor or shredder)
- red wine (cause it just tastes good)

Just saute the onions and garlic in the olive oil, add the tomatoes, the zucchini basil and wine and let simmer.

Tip - To hide the zucchini from your kids puree it in the blender and add it in:)

In the meatballs:
- home made bread crumbs, using up those bread ends
- finely chopped onions (again use the food processor)
- chopped garlic (from the jar)
- dash of Worcester sauce
- 2 eggs (beaten)
- and of course ground beef or turkey or whatever you want to use

Get your hands dirty and mix it all together, make into meatballs and bake at 400 degrees till they look done (sorry I'm not good with times, about 10-12 minutes?)

My first try at Catfish! Wow!

Veggies fresh from my garden - tomatoes, Japanese eggplant, poblano peppers, and chili peppers (which didn't make it in this meal)

Chopped them up, covered with olive oil and garlic and roasted at 400 degrees in the oven, so good.

Marinated the catfish in buttermilk and Cajun seasoning (because Emeril said you can marinate any seafood in this) then double dipped (dipped in flower mixture, in buttermilk mixture and back in flower mixture) I added cornmeal and Cajun seasoning to the flower mixture. After they were all coated I fried them up. All of my kids and my hubby (and myself) dug the catfish!

Sides were from Kashi and corn from the Farmer's Market (in addition to the roasted veggies).

Topped the fish with the veggies, so good. Will definitely try again.

By the way - got the catfish at Aldis:)