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Spaghetti with Tomato Basil Sauce and Tender Garlic-Parmesan Meatballs


Average (103 Ratings): 3.5 out of 5 stars

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  • This is a good recipe

    renashore - October 23, 2007 03:50:30 PM PST
    I made this a couple weeks ago and it was very good! If you don\'t want to eat veal, make it with ground beef. That is what I did (not cuz I\'m against eating veal, but cuz the store was out of ground veal) and it was still very good.
    It does take a little while if you chop the veggies yourself.

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  • Take this as recipe as a Starting Point....

    Kathy O - October 22, 2007 02:57:53 PM PST
    Exchange veal for another ground meat. I\'d never eat veal either.

    Most of the chopped stuff (especially the garlic) can be bought that way. Think of it as like having a Sous Chef - god knows Wolfgang Puck has one doing all this chopping for him.

    It\'s some work but then so is any spaghetti dish from scratch, I\'d say.

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  • WIth so many healthy choices...?

    earthgirlvibes - March 13, 2009 03:56:18 PM PST
    I don\\\'t understand why they would feature a recipe that tells you to cook a baby cow who was kept in a small cage and didn\\\'t even get to walk around? With the economy like it is, who would even want to pay for veal anyway, when there are other good choices. There are many more (and much better!) recipes for spaghetti.

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  • Veal is NOT lamb

    Dale D - October 22, 2007 04:20:02 PM PST
    Veal is indeed a form of beef, in that it normally comes from milk fed calves (male dairy calves), and has been a significant part of Italian food for centuries. Veal is appreciated for it\'s tender texture and delicate taste, but since it has a very low fat content, you have to take care in it\'s preparation.

    I\'ve tried the recipe, and although not my favorite, it is quite good.

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  • the subject of veal

    bizoudebs - March 21, 2009 10:12:08 PM PST
    All that has been written about the inhumane treatment of veal calves in the US are correct.

    The sad fact is that most of our food animals are treated the same way, beef, chicken, lamb, dairy cows...if they are raised in a factory farm environment, they have had a miserable life and are not healthy, and not good for us.

    There are alternatives. Chose the humane way for all of your meat products. I used to cringe at those commercials about "happy cows in California", but now I live in central California, and it is true! I see them everywhere grazing in beautiful green fields.

    In England you can buy humanely raised veal, it\\\'s called "rose" because the meat is pinker due to the sunshine and exercise, but it is just as good.

    Also, if you have a thing about eating "baby" calves, and you eat lamb, well, veal calves are harvested much later than are lambs.

    The moral is, always check your food sources if you care, and don\\\'t forget to tell our legislators that we don\\\'t want to eat tortured animals, and we are really upset at their inability to protect us from foodborne illnesses.

    We need to support our local farmers, if we don\\\'t all our food supply will come from foreign countries, half already does. WHY!!!!

    We need to care for what we put into our mouth. Humane, sustainable farming, less processed foods is the way to health, and really good food.

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  • Looks Delicious!

    ♥InvisibleWhisperz♥ - February 17, 2008 01:40:52 PM PST
    This recipe looked so good that I\'ve decided to try it today. I\'ll be substituting lean ground turkey for the veal and using a few shortcuts but all in all I think it\'ll turn out wonderful! Buon appetito!

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  • Actually

    bethhoo15 - April 1, 2009 12:39:46 PM PST
    IT IZ BABY COWS!!! NOT LAMB!!!JST SAYING!!

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  • Veal is not too humane....

    January - November 4, 2007 07:25:17 AM PST
    Thank heavens you can\'t even buy veal in my supermarkets. It is produced in an inhumane manner. If you want details of what the male daily caves experience, check some websites.

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  • TO ALL THE VEGANS!

    sjf_nolesfan17 - March 24, 2009 02:22:49 PM PST
    ALl you vegans and animal rights activists - just answer 1 question. If we\\\'re not supposed to eat veal, chicken, lamb, cows, turkeys, ect., than what are we supposed to do with them? They were put on this earth as a source of food for humans to consume. They serve no other purpose. What\\\'s next, vegetables don\\\'t live a good life because they are treated with pesticides and left out in the hot sun all day? Wait, organic food - thats your answer. What an even bigger joke. Go do a study on organic produce - it\\\'s still treated with pesticides (hate to burst your bubble). How can you eat vegetables though? They\\\'re breathing, growing organisms. They start out from a tiny little cute seed and grow up into something big and juicy. Then you just cook them up and shovle them in your mouth! How dare you eat vegetables!!
    Yeah, as stupid as that sounds is as stupid as your argument against eating meat sounds. Personal choice? Please... try seeing a "psycho" therapist

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  • I THINK I GOOFED !

    chicagoinexile - March 11, 2009 11:24:53 AM PST
    We ran out of spaghetti and I ended up using tagliatelle instead. My guets excoriated me somewhat for this error. I\\\'ll not make the same mistake again!

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  • VEAL !!!?

    artdawns2 - October 22, 2007 02:30:24 PM PST
    Veal is baby cow. Kept in little sheds, unable to move around much so as not to develop tough muscles. Very inhumane. No need to eat this.

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  • Veal RULEZ!

    Doctor_Robb - March 21, 2008 03:50:01 PM PST
    listen, quit whining and asking why veal and all that, it\'s simple...it\'s more tender and tastes even better! Wow, what a revelation. I use VEal and burger mix for a very interesting taste. ...and YES, you CAN get it at supermarkets by me!

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  • Quick?...

    Renji - October 1, 2007 06:40:14 PM PST
    ...I don\'t think so, it has a lot of ingredients and judging from the lack of any time estimates I would say it could take a LONG time to create. It looks delicious though, I wish someone would make it for me! :P

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  • moserman

    moserdarrel - October 1, 2007 03:24:25 PM PST
    Sounds delicious. BUT, by the time I shopped for all these ingredients, chopped and prepared them, mixed them all together, and cooked them, I\'d be too tired to eat it.

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  • way 2 long

    sexymomwith3 - October 23, 2007 10:26:03 AM PST
    i do agree it looks good but i bet i can make it more simple!

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  • Veal is baby cow

    hardyc915 - October 22, 2007 02:26:38 PM PST
    Lamb is baby sheep

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  • Why Veal?

    Jen B - October 22, 2007 07:47:11 AM PST
    I wanted to know if anyone had any suggestions of another meat that would be just as flavorful without killing baby cows, the big ones I don\'t much care, but I can\'t eat the babies. Any suggestions? Thanks!

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  • CAN BE SIMPLE....USE SHORTCUTS

    busylittleheifer - October 6, 2007 01:03:22 PM PST
    Spaghetti has always been one of my quickest

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  • not very healthy

    ranchmama - October 22, 2007 02:10:19 PM PST
    Way too many fat grams and calories,but if it doesn\'t matter,it looks delicious.I wouldn\'t say it is quick and easy tho.

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  • Too Much Work

    charliesdd - October 1, 2007 04:36:33 PM PST
    Why is a recipe this complicated under the heading of "Simple Recipes"?? Too much chopping and involved cooking.

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  • Why veal??

    rustylee_98 - October 22, 2007 02:23:38 PM PST
    Last I checked veal wasn\'t cow it\'s lamb Looks good tho although i am thrown with all the ingredients.

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