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Sweet and Sour Meatballs

Last night I made a quick an easy hors d’oeuvre for our New Year’s Eve party. Since the last guests didn’t leave until after 2am, I am living a very lazy day on the couch. This recipe is perfect for the lazy cook, complete with the frozen meatballs from Costco.

The original recipe I had for this came from a friend of mine and it called for cooking the raw meatballs in the sauce. Since I have apparently lost that recipe, I went searching on the net for something similar. What I found were countless varieties of Sweet and Sour Meatballs. I chose one of the easiest recipes I found from cooks.com and it was really good. I ended up doubling the recipe below and used approximately a half bag of the frozen meatballs. I put everything in the crockpot on high for 4 hours. If you decide to make this in the oven, follow the heating instructions on the bag or if you’re making your meatballs follow the cooking instructions below.

Mix together ingredients for sweet & sour sauce in a sauce pan and simmer until well blended.

Pour sweet and sour sauce over meatballs. Bake 2 1/2 hours at 350 degrees turning meatballs every half hour.

Meatballs can be kept warm in a slow cooker or a crock pot.

This recipe also freezes well.

I couldn’t resist showing you this picture of my little helper in the kitchen over the past few days. He’s really showing an interest in cooking, which thrills his Mama. I just wish he would eat half the food we cook. The whole “they’ll eat what they help prepare” theory is a bunch of hooey.

Well, back to the couch and eating leftovers until I explode. Happy New Year Everyone.

Thursday, January 1st, 2009, by admin and is filed under "Appetizers, Crockpot ". You can leave a response here, or send a Trackback from your own site.