Spicy Meatball Homemade SpaghettiOs

Spicy Meatball Homemade SpaghettiOs – Homemade spaghettiOs with meatballs, black olives and a spicy sauce.

I never really did enjoy eating spaghettiOs. Not even as a kid. My palate was more sophisticated, likely from all the homemade sauce my Mom fed us. That weak imitation stuff in a can just didn’t taste good even back then.

When I saw these cute little pasta rings in the store the first thing I was reminded of was spaghettiOs. Uh-oh Ut-oh spaghettiOs. If you grew up in America that catchy advertising jingle is ingrained in your brain even if they weren’t a part of your diet. Uh-oh spaghettiOs.

My version of spaghettiOs includes mouth-watering meatballs and arrabbiata sauce. Spicy red chile pepper sauce. For a pop of heat. To keep things on the convenient side I used a jarred sauce.

Then because that wasn’t enough I sliced up giant black olives to resemble the pasta rings and grated a smattering of mozzarella on top to finish.

There’s no ut-oh’s here. Just grown-up spaghettiOs.

For the sophisticated kid in you.