sounds like a yummy plan to me!

First off, I would like to express how much my heart goes out to the people that were effected in any way from the bombing in Boston.  I am sure that many people as they said their nightly prayers lifted up all of Boston.  We need to continue to do so.

SO, yesterday started "Operation CLEAN THIS HOUSE!"  Spring is trying so hard to reach Groton CT.  So to help it out I have started wearing my flip flops, grilling just about every night, and started the spring cleaning process.  I am also getting organized with one of my "wifely duties."  Usually during the week I will make a trip to the grocery store down the road at least 3 or 4 times.  I realize this is happening because of my lack of planning :-/  I have decided that on Sunday I am going to plan our dinners Monday through Friday and get all my recipe lists together.  Then I can see exactly what I need and exactly what I don't have.  Then monday will be my grocery store day to go get all the ingredients that I don't already have.
SO this week it is going to be...
Monday: BBQ chicken, Zucchini chips, grilled corn on the cob (this meal was wonderful! We were so hungry that I didn't blog or take a picture of it!) it was yummy yummy!
**Sean got a yummy BBQ sandwich for lunch from this today**
Tuesday (tonight): Spaghetti and turkey meatballs
Wednesday: Caprese turkey burgers and homemade potato chips
Thursday: Pizza stuffed portabella
Friday: honey sesame chicken

 To start you have to have your cooking snack!

Because I can...i started with a dessert snack :o) I found these awesome boxed cookies from one of my favorite brands "Back to Nature."  They are just the right chewy, crunchy, salty and sweet.  And of course I had to have a little glass of milk with them!

Spaghetti and turkey meatballs:
Once again I made my own marinara sauce--> 2 cans of diced tomatoes (pureed), 4 cloves of garlic (minced), a few leafs of basil and a sprig of oregano (all minced with the garlic).  As all that was simmering I added around a half a cup of red wine, a tsp. (ish) of olive oil, and a little sea salt.
This is my first time making these meatballs--> I got this recipe from Pinterst but of course I put my little twist on it :o)
Ingrediants:
pack of lean ground turkey 
whole wheat bread crumbs (i made my own with a little garlic salt and olive oil)
2 eggs whites
onion (chopped very fine)
3 garlic cloves (minced)
1(ish) tbs. of olive oil
oregano
thyme
ground pepper

a few chopped basil leaves 
1/3 (ish) c. of freshly grated Parmesan cheese 

2 tbs.  Worcestershire sauce

1/3 c. of chicken broth 

I sautéed the onions, herbs and spices in the olive oil until the onions were tender.  Then add the Worcestershire and chicken broth (cook out a bit of the liquid).  After that cooled down a little I mixed it in a large bowl with the ground turkey, bread crumbs, Parm, and egg whites. 

*you have to mix all this with your hands...sometimes it's good to get your hands a little dirty when cooking.  Puts a little extra love in it :o) *

After it is all mixed and mushed together I roll out the balls and place them on a baking sheet (covered in foil to help with the mess later).  Cook for about 20 minutes at 400 degrees. 

**another tip, I also found that putting the mixture all in the fridge for about 5 to 10 minutes as you clean up some mess helps with forming the meatballs.

The finished meatball product! I topped it with a little extra grated Parm. :o)

All of it together :o) YUMMY!  I used Barilla's Plus (it's a little better for ya) angel hair pasta. 

**As I was making all of this I was not satisfied with the individual parts of this meal.  I didn't think the meatballs tasted amazing by themselves and I didn't think the sauce tasted alright by itself.  But when I put it all together with of course a little extra freshly grated Parm. on top..it all came together :o)

I paired it with this yummy new Petite Sirah I found :o)  This wine might have been a bit too acidic for this dish.  Probably would have been paired a bit better with my favorite Cabernet Sauvignon.

**The hubby finally came home and has given this meal 2 thumbs up!!