Moms Spaghetti with Meatballs and Sausage

2 lbs lean (15% fat) ground beef
1 pkg. mild or sweet Italian sausage
3/4 cup Parmesan cheese
1 tsp salt
2 tsp garlic powder
3/4 cup seasoned Italian breadcrumbs
3/4 cup water
2 eggs
Olive oil

4 quart jars of prepared sauce (I usually use 2 jars of Classico brand mushroom and black olives...and two jars of Classico three cheese or Sausage sauce.)

In a bowl (you can use your mixer for this) combine the ground beef, cheese, salt, garlic powder, breadcrumbs, water and eggs. Mix this really well.

Oil the bottom of two frying pans...pretty generously...with the olive oil. Cook the sausage slowly, over medium heat until it is browned all around. Shape the ground beef mixture into balls (the size you like) and place them in the other frying pan. Brown them all over. Do not allow the heat to get too high or they will cook on the outside but not on the inside. Combine the sauces with the browned meatballs and sausage. I also add about 1/2 cup water...which wil cook out as the souce simmers. Keep the burner on low as tomato sauce burns very easily. Stir this mixture as it is cooking....from the bottom up...at least every fifteen min. Simmer for one hour.

When cooking the spaghetti follow the directions on the box and be sure to add a generous amount of salt in to the water...to flavor the spaghetti. Don't add the pasta until the water is boiling..and stir it well after you first pit in the pot so that the pasta does not get stuck together.