Day 2, Meatball Subs on Almost Homemade Buns

Meatball Subs on Almost Homemade Buns

The feast of Rose Bowl leftovers continues tonight with meatball subs.

These meatballs are awesome if you ever want to give them a try, I got the recipe off the OceanSpray Cranberry label at Thanksgiving. It's just 2 pounds of meatballs, a can of cranberries and a 12oz bottle of Heinz Chili Sauce.  Heat on the stovetop in minutes or in the crockpot on high for a couple hours.

I made my rolls from Rhodes Frozen Loaf Dough.  A loaf makes four nice sized hoagie rolls, if you want a footlong one loaf makes two.

I wrapped my frozen loaf in plastic wrap sprayed with cooking spray and allowed it to thaw on the counter top for a couple hours.

I then used scissors to cut the loaf lengthwise and then cut those in half again crossways. Place these on a greased baking sheet and cover with the same greased plastic wrap that you allowed the bread to thaw in. 

Place somewhere warm and allow to double in size.  Remove plastic wrap and place in a preheated 350* oven for 15-20 minutes.

Enjoy the amazing smell of fresh bread baking!

Assembling my sandwich consisted of hollowing out a shallow well on one side of the split open roll just to keep the meatballs from rolling out.  Then cheese, I put it on both sides because cheese is just that amazing.

You could eat it right now just like this but I popped mine under the broiler for a few minutes until the cheese was nicely melted and just starting to turn gold.

I let everyone make their own plate choosing from leftover potato salad, macaroni salad and veggies that still remained even after last night's soup.

Say grace and enjoy!

Starting Grocery Budget $100

Day 1 Balance Remaining $100

Question of the Day, Do you ever get a chance to make homemade bread?

Answering the question of the day in the comments will get you entered to win a Toastmaster 10 x 16 Griddle.  I will randomly choose the winner from those entered on January 31st.