Meatball Mania!

Not sure I've mentioned this before but one of my favorite things to make for dinner is meatballs.  Why?  They are fun!  Fun to experiment with!  You can make meatballs so many ways with so many different flavors.  Meatballs with a cream sauce, a marinara sauce, a glaze, etc. 

Well I've been known to conduct some experiments in my kitchen.  A few weeks back I had the idea for Hawaiian meatballs.  For the Hawaiian inspired sauce I mixed chili sauce with a can of pineapple chunks.  The spice mixed with the sweetness was pretty darn good.  We ate all the leftovers within a couple days.  Based on the small amount of time it took us to finish off the leftovers, I knew the meal was a keeper.

I fixed my new Hawaiian meatballs once again this week.  My challenge the second time around was remembering the measurements from the previous time.  I pretty much use the same meatball recipe, only changing a few spices depending on what kind of sauce I'm serving the meatballs with.  This time around for the sauce I used a 6 oz can of pineapple juice mixed in with the chili sauce then I threw in fresh pineapple. Yes, I've started buying fresh pineapples.  Learning to cut up a pineapple was actually quite easy to conquer, but it was a bit daunting for years to me.  At some point I overcame that issue.  LOL!

So what is next to try?  What direction should I go in with my meatballs?  I mentioned teriyaki meatballs to Brad, he quickly agreed that should be the next experiment.  A homemade teriyaki sauce with meatballs might work?  Or take my Hawaiian sauce and transform it into even more of a sweet and sour sauce.....oh the possibilities!  Precisely why meatballs are one of my fave things to prepare!