Recipe - Pizza Sauce

This changes depending on what cans are available at the store (tomato puree is often hard to find in the 15 oz size)

1-2 lbs ground beef
Oregano
Basil
Garlic and Onion Powder
Bay leaves
2 15 oz cans tomato sauce
1 8 oz can tomato paste
2 15 oz cans petite diced tomatoes (or diced italian style)
1 15 oz can tomato puree (optional; can substitute extra can of tomato sauce)
Chianti or other italian wine
Parmesian or Romano cheese
Baking soda (optional - cuts heartburn)

In massive saucepan, brown and drain ground beef; season with salt, pepper, oregano, basil, onion,garlic while cooking (optional - add 1/2 white onion and/or minced garlic while cooking)
In same pan, add all of the canned ingredients; set to low heat. Use 4-8 oz wine to clean cans, pouring remaining contents into saucepan (pour from one can to another, 4-8 oz TOTAL; water can be used as a poor substitute).
Add spices to taste; add one large or two small bay leaves (these must be removed prior to serving)
Add 1/4 cup grated cheese
Add 1/4 tsp baking soda (will cause sauce to foam and turn slightly orange - more can be added to cut heartburn, but will make sauce VERY sweet)
Simmer for 30 mins to 2 hrs, stirring and tasting occassionally.

Serve with remaining wine and your favorite Barilla pasta (recommended - thin spaghetti with thinner sauces, rotini or shells with meatier sauces).

Option B - Meatballs

Make sauce without beef

2 lbs ground beef, or beef-pork-veal mixture
1 cup breadcrumbs
Basil, Oregano
Parmesian or Romano cheese
2-3 eggs

Preheat oven to 325 degrees
Wash hands
Combine ingredients in a large bowl. Add salt and pepper if desired
Mix thouroughly with your hands (it's cold)
roll a small amount of mixture between your palms into a ball (I like quarter sized balls or smaller, but that takes longer. any bigger than a baseball, and it will take a LONG time to cook)
place on baking sheet (with grating/drip tray if you have them)
repeat til mixture is gone
Bake about 30 minutes, or until middle of larger meatballs are no longer pink.
(optional - scrape the grease off the bottom of the tray)
(optional - place cooked meatballs in pan of sauce)