If at first you burn the kitchen down... try try again

I remember the very first meal I cooked for David. Isn't that sweet?

We had just moved into our apartment after months of living in a hotel and I decided I would make an Italian dinner for my Italian husband. I set the kitchen on fire. Ok, maybe not on fire, but the smoke alarm went off and my meatballs ended up being charcoal.

I watched David cut off the charred outside of these "mini meatballs" and discovered raw innards. He choked a couple of them down and said they weren't that bad.

It was so awful I NEVER made them again. Monday I googled "easy meatball recipe" and apparently you are supposed to bake them. Last night was meatball night for the first time in 6 years.

And they were good.


-see i don't just feed him gruel...