Scratch Spaghetti and Cheese Stuffed Meatballs. A new twist on an old favorite! Mozzarella tucked inside each meatball creates a forkful of flavor. Kids of all ages will dig in!

These meatballs are stuffed with cheddar cheese and served in a tomato sauce atop some spaghetti. This is an easy and delicious weeknight snack! In the meantime, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and cook the spaghetti as long as directed on the package. You can have Scratch Spaghetti and Cheese Stuffed Meatballs using 13 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Scratch Spaghetti and Cheese Stuffed Meatballs

Prepare 1-28 ounce of petite diced tomatoes.
You need 1-28 of whole peeled tomatoes.
It's of Fresh cilantro ,basil and parsley.
It's 1 of onion diced.
You need 1/2 of red pepper diced.
It's 1/2 of green pepper diced.
Prepare 3 pounds of hamburger meat.
Prepare 2 tablespoons of vinegar.
Prepare 1 teaspoon of hot sauce.
You need Dash of sugar.
It's of String cheese.
You need of Shredded cheese.
You need 1-14 ounce of crushed tomatoes.

Twirl the spaghetti onto your plates. Pierce spaghetti squash several times with a knife. Place whole squash in a microwave safe bowl. Serve meatballs and sauce over a bed of cooked spaghetti squash.

Scratch Spaghetti and Cheese Stuffed Meatballs instructions

Add everything but hamburger meat and half onion to pot or crockpot . Season at this time really well remember it's from scratch.. I like Lots of garlic also use salt and red and black pepper and of course Italian seasonings. Fresh herbs are great in this dish but any seasonings you prefer will help flavor the sauce.
When adding can of whole tomatoes chop or crush in smaller pieces but bigger than the diced can... Like this.
In separate frying pan brown and drain 1/2 of meat. (Other half for meatballs)..Season with salt pepper and garlic and return over heat for few minutes to sear flavor in. Should look like this drained grease and season top return to heat few minutes 3-5 till nice and brown and flavored seared in.
Now add cooked meat to sauce and simmer on low for at least hour or put on crockpot on low for the day or you can simmer on a low all day in a pot as well... Longer and slower the better!!.
Now we start the meatballs add the other half of meat and half of onion to bowl season well and mix together.
Now slice two string cheeses about an inch thick(I've tried other cheeses but these work best for stuffed meatballs.
Now roll up meat and pat into meatballs make sure they all are same size so they cook the same ...make pockets in meatball and stuff with sliced string cheese.
Roll meatballs to seal shut and place on baking sheet in oven for 375.
Halfway thru their cooking time about 15 minutes the will start to get a brown color remove from oven and flip meatballs over .. The color will look like this with hamburger grease starting to develop under the balls.
Return to oven until meatballs are a brown color all over approximately 15 minutes . Remove from oven place in baking dish spoonful some spaghetti sauce and sprinkle with cheese and place back in oven.
Cook spaghetti according to directions.
When noodles are done strain in strainer and rinse with cold water . Put back in pot you boiled in and add about 4 tablespoons of butter and drizzle 2 tablespoons of olive oil to keep from sticking I also add salt and garlic to noodles.. Mix well.
Now it should be time to remove meatballs they will look like this and be browned throughout.
If like a thick sauce add a small can of tomato paste.

Garnish with fresh parsley and serve with freshly grated. Spaghetti and meatballs are always a hit in my house. My kids love meatballs and twirling the spaghetti noodles around their fork. The only thing more delicious than meatballs are meatballs stuffed with gooey cheese. They're so easy to make, you'll start to think regular meatballs are boring.