Is it just me, or does today feel like a Friday?
Maybe it’s because we’ve got a holiday weekend coming up – and a festive one, at that! – but all day today I’ve firmly felt in my heart that it’s actually Friday. (Note for the history books: It is, in fact, Thursday.) But never you mind what the calendar says! If the brain says it’s Friday, then let’s behave like it’s Friday. Let’s enjoy a glass of wine and a big ol’ plate of good food and get straight into the weekend spirit. (It helps that I’ve got the day off from work tomorrow! LeeLee, sadly, does not.)
So with that in mind, I made one of our favorite meals tonight: spaghetti with vegan meatballs. This is certainly not a new addition to the blog – I’ve gone over it time and time again around this place – but it is certainly beloved. And so easy to put together!
I’m currently fresh out of homemade canned sauce (though tomato season is right around the corner!), so I put together a quick marinara with a can of store-bought tomato sauce, a can of diced tomatoes, some garlic powder, minced onion, dried basil and oregano, salt, and pepper. Once it began to heat up I added a can of sliced mushrooms into the mix, because why not?
As the spaghetti boiled, I heated up the meatballs in a skillet, and before too long everything was cooked through and ready for our dining pleasure!
The sauce turned out just beautifully – if I do say so myself – and the pasta was wonderfully al dente, while the meatballs’ crispy coating gave way to a tender core with every bite. Despite going back for seconds, we’ve still got plenty left for lunch tomorrow, which isn’t a bad way to kick off the holiday weekend if you ask me!
Let’s hear it for Friday on Thursday!
:)