Spaghetti & Eyeballs

By Cupcake

This is a fun dinner to serve up on Halloween! Kids and adults will love it! Meatballs are embellished with pimento stuffed olives to look like eyeballs. Make sure one is staring at each person on their plate!

Ingredients

• 2 pounds lean ground beef
• 1 1/2 cups seasoned bread crumbs
• 2 tablespoons ketchup
• 2 eggs
• 1 tablespoon fresh basil, or 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 1 (7-ounce) jar pimiento stuffed olives
• 1 (26-ounce) jar prepared pasta sauce
• 1 pound uncooked spaghetti
• 1 tablespoon olive oil

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350°F.

Mix the ground beef, bread crumbs, ketchup, eggs and basil in a large bowl. Using the meat mixture, form about 30 small meatballs.

To make the eyeballs, press an olive into each meatball, pimiento side out. Place the eyeballs in a baking dish, cover with the pasta sauce, and bake for 45 minutes.

Meanwhile, cook the spaghetti in boiling salted water. Drain and rinse the spaghetti and toss with 1 tablespoon of olive oil to prevent strands from sticking together. Put it on a platter or in a large serving bowl.

Spoon the eyeballs onto the spaghetti, irises up, and spoon the pasta sauce around them.

Makes 10 servings.