GAME ON : MEATBALLS TO THE RESCUE

and are the perfect halftime snack. Each time I go to Costco I come home with something outrageously large for a household of two. What was I thinking buying this package of 140 meatballs!! In two months, the bag is still half full. So I decided it's time to create an easy snack for football watching or save idea for Super Bowl time.  

You will need the following ingredients plus a box of refrigerated pie crusts.

Cook's Notes: Each pie crust box makes 8 mini meatball subs. Use a greased standard-size muffin pan.

Ingredients:

• Fully cooked meatballs, thawed
• 1 package of refrigerated pie crusts e.g, Pillsbury
• 1 jar Marinara sauce
• Mozzarella cheese balls, each one cut into 4ths
• Shredded cheddar cheese

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. On a lightly floured surface, cut out 7 pie crust circles using the mouth of a glass that measures 4 inches across. Reroll scraps for one more pie crust circle.
• Press piecrust circle into muffin tin and up sides. Add to each well 1 tablespoon of marinara sauce.
  
  
  
• Place one cut-up mozzarella ball on top of the red sauce. Then press in one meatball on top and sprinkle with shredded cheese.
  
  
  
  Actually, there are a lot of recipes that can be created using prepared meatballs. I recently posted Cherry Bourbon Meatballs that were sooooo good!
  
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