yummy meatballs!

I've had a nice, relaxing few days off :)

I'm off tomorrow, too!

Then I have to work Thursday, Friday & Saturday night :(

Monday I made spaghetti & meatballs. The spaghetti part was nothing fancy, but I actually made the meatballs from scratch this time. They turned out really well and flavorful, and hubby LOVED them. He said they were the best meatballs he has ever had :D

They reminded me a lot of my mom's meatballs, and her meatballs are the bomb dot com. Mine could have been a bit more moist, but that is probably because I used 96% lean (or whatever) beef. I need to use fattier meat next time.

Here's the recipe:

* 1 lb ground beef

* 1 egg

* 1/4 cup milk

* 1/2 cup of breadcrumbs It did not specify fresh, but I used fresh anyway...a couple of slices of whole wheat bread with the crusts cut off and toasted just a bit so that I could actually make them into breadcrumbs lol

* 1/2 tsp salt

* 1 tsp oregano

* 1 tbsp fresh parsley I forgot to buy parsley, so I omitted this

* 1/2 tsp garlic powder

* 1/2 tsp fresh ground pepper

* 1/4 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese

Basically you mix everything together...I did it by hand, and tbh it was kind of gross messing with all of that meat haha...take pieces and roll into balls, and drop them right in the sauce. I kept it on medium-low for awhile then let it simmer, stirring occasionally. Recipe says to simmer for about 3 hours; I think mine cooked for about 2 1/2. They were fully cooked and delicious.

Today I was able to switch my birth control back to what I was taking before! Finally!

I have been on Microgestin 1/20 for about 6 months and have noticed a gradual decrease in libido :/

This month it has pretty much been nonexistent :( I never had that problem while on Sronyx!

Not to mention Microgestin also randomly made me skip my period one month, which freaked me out.

Tomorrow I'm going to make orzo pasta with shrimp, garlic, basil & grape tomatoes simmered in a white wine sauce.

Hope it comes out okay.

Unlike my father, who was an executive chef, I was not blessed with culinary talent haha.