While it may only be the second week of November, and while that may not usually be the traditional winter-weather season of East Tennessee, yesterday we had snowfall.
My sweet boys were absolutely enthralled by the snow. Here’s a sweet photo of Teddy (age 3) watching the snow come down through our back door onto our porch.
Needless to say, it’s quickly become the season for layers, sweatshirts, and fleece jackets. And when it’s cold, I crave a warm, filling meal for dinner. (Luckily, my husband keeps up really well with the weather, so I usually have a heads up on when to buy hearty foods for cold snaps. So I was prepared for this week!)
Last night, I made the absolute easiest warm and cozy meal: Cut-Corners Swedish Meatballs!
I love traditional Swedish meatballs, homemade, with hand-rolled meatballs, lots of extra seasonings, and a thick and creamy gravy sauce. But homemade meatballs are a weekend food in our two-income home, a luxury for calendar days that might not require dinner in a half hour.
And so what’s a girl to do when she’s got a half hour to make it?
Cue my Cut-Corners Swedish Meatballs recipe! This is designed to be easy, filling, and yummy – for a busy momma hen, wife, and/or working professional.
Here’s the fastest way to a simple – but yummy – Swedish meatball recipe!
Ingredients:
- Frozen precooked beef meatballs (1/2 to 2/3 of the package)
- 2 packets of brown gravy mix
- Egg noodles (1/2 to 2/3 of the package)
- Garlic powder
- Black pepper
First, arrange your meatballs in a baking pan and cook in the oven, per the instructions on the package.
Next, while the meatballs heat fully in the oven, boil water. Once boiling, add in your egg noodles and cook until tender. Then drain the pasta.
Then, make your two gravy packets per provided package instruction. Once it’s to the preferred thickness, add in some garlic powder and black pepper – to your preferred taste.
To assemble, simply layer in a dish or bowl the following: egg noodles, meatballs, and gravy.
Side note: I chose to also serve Italian seasoned green beans with my dish. (These are easy, too – canned green beans, heated in oil, garlic powder, and Italian seasonings.) This addition is, frankly, because I am a toddler mom and ant to at least offer a vegetable with each meal (not that they always choose to partake in it).
This was so good – my husband and I both enjoyed it – and it definitely gave us that full-in-the-belly and warm-from-the-inside feeling we were craving with the cold weather!
What’re your favorite go-to cold weather meals? Comment below – and bonus points if they are MEGA easy for folks with a jam-packed calendar!
Kate with a Twang 