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Friday, December 4, 2009

Ultimate Meatball Party Tour

How is it already December?! With the warm weather we are having here in MA it's hard to believe that the holiday parties are about to begin happening. Even if you aren't throwing any holiday parties this year, it can still be fun to make some festive dishes.

Of course this leads to the question "What should I make?" followed by "Do I even have time to make anything?" The last thing I want to do when I'm busy is feel like I needed to be cooking for hours on end.

Heinz and Ocean Spray teamed up to create an easy appetizer that you can use for the holidays. Honestly I served it as dinner and my family enjoyed. It consists of three ingredients:

2 lb bag of frozen pre-cooked cocktail meatballs
12 oz jar of Heinz Chili Sauce
A 14 oz can of Ocean Spray Jellied Cranberry Sauce

The directions are incredibly simple.

Combine sauces in sauce pan and cook over medium-low heat stirring until smooth
Add meatballs and cooked covered for 15 minutes

That's it. I actually choose to use regular frozen pre-cooked turkey meatballs since we were having it for dinner and it it worked well. I think though the kids would have liked the cocktail sized meatballs better plus I ended up having to cut the large meatballs in half for them. Another idea would be to serve these in a crockpot to keep them warm.
The kids did like the meal and liked that it was something different.

For other recipes and tips for entertaining click on The Ultimate Meatball Party website.

“I wrote this review while participating in a blog tour campaign by Mom Central on behalf of Heinz and Ocean Spray and received the ingredients necessary to facilitate my review. In addition, Mom Central sent me a gift card to thank me for taking the time to participate.”

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