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I have been making this recipe for decades. I cut it out of the original magazine back in the early 1990's. My family and friends absolutely love this recipe. I am planning on making a batch this week for a dinner party and I lost my recipe. Thank God for the internet. The only change I make to this recipe is that I use crushed tomatoes (obviously with sauce) vs diced. The sauce is sooo thick and hearty, yum! I also make my meatballs smaller since I feed a lot of people. The only problem with this recipe is that you will NEVER order spaghetti in a restaurant again. That's how good this recipe is. <\/p><\/li><\/ol>","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":5,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2016-05-11","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"Mamacheese2004"},"reviewBody":"This dish is absolutely delicious! I did change just a few minor things. I didn't brown the meatballs in a pan. Instead I browned them in the oven. It was a lot easier that way. I also made my meatballs pretty good sized, but apparently smaller than the recipe wanted me to, in which case I had more meatballs than just 8, which was ok by me! I also used ground Italian sausage in place of the links. Easy to put together, and worth the wait on the cook time. 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