Mini Meatball Pasta Bake and Veggies Filed under ( Beef, Italian )

Hope you're having a good week so far! Mine seems to be flying by! I had a crazy day at work which included a very important meeting (which went well!) I just got home a bit ago, took care of Frank and got dinner prepared. Josh is having a friend over tonight to play some new video game that just came out, so I made them a big pasta and meatball bake.

Ingredients
1 lb ground beef
1/4 cup panko
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese + more to mix into bake
2-4 tablespoons tomato sauce (or marinara)
desired amount chopped onion
1 container pasta sauce
Shredded cheese or cheese slices
1 container shaped pasta

Directions
Preheat oven to 375

Mix ground beef, panko, cheese, onion, and 2- tablespoons tomato sauce. Form into small balls and bake for ~18 minutes or until cooked through.

Boil water and cook pasta according to package directions, drain.

Mix pasta sauce, cooked pasta, mini meatballs and additional desired quantity of Parmesan cheese. Top with shredded cheese or cheese slices. Bake for 15-20 minutes:

For myself, I cooked up some eggplant and tossed it with a little pasta (which is buried) and mixed veggies. I am going to top this with marinutta or cashew cream sauce later (can't decide!)

I'm off to teach Body Attack! Doing anything fun tonight?