{"id":6472,"date":"2026-02-15T18:51:36","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T18:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipe4thecook.com\/\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T18:51:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T18:51:36","slug":"basic-meatballs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/microwave\/blog\/2026\/02\/15\/basic-meatballs\/","title":{"rendered":"Basic  Meatballs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\"><b><font face=\"comic sans ms\" size=\"5\">Ingredients<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p>1 lb. ground beef<br \/>\n2 slices dry bread, crumbled<br \/>\n1\/3 C. finely chopped onion<br \/>\n1 egg, slightly beaten<br \/>\n1\/4 C. milk<br \/>\n1\/4 C. catsup<br \/>\n1\/2 tsp. salt<br \/>\n1\/4 tsp. pepper<br \/>\n1\/8 tsp. curry powder (optional)<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><b><font face=\"comic sans ms\" size=\"5\">Cooking Instructions<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Combine beef, bread crumbs and onion.  In a small bowl beat remaining ingredients together.  Add mixture to the beef and mix thoroughly.  Shape into meat balls about 1 1\/2 inches in diameter.  Place half of the meatballs in a 13 x 9 x 2 inch baking dish.  Cover dish with waxed paper; cook in microwave oven 4 minutes.  Remove cooked meatballs and set aside.  Repeat with remaining meatballs.  Drain liquid.  Makes 30.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>&quot;Whether, then, you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.&quot; (1Corinthians 10:31)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microwave<\/p>\n <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/microwave\/blog\/2026\/02\/15\/basic-meatballs\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-microwave"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/microwave\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/microwave\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/microwave\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/microwave\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/microwave\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/microwave\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6472\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/microwave\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/microwave\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/microwave\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}