This was FANTASTIC - I really loved it. Maybe not the most healthy way to eat your vegetables, but certainly a delicious way! I did make 1 change, in that I substituted zucchini for the mushrooms (I hate mushrooms), but it turned out fabulous. And I used the Blender Hollandaise Sauce on this site, which worked very well and was delicious, especially combined with the yummy puff pastry crust. My fiance absolutely DESPISES asparagus, and he complained loud and long about my choice to make this, but after he tried some, he used the phrases "not bad," "better than most," and "I kind of almost forget it's asparagus sometimes." So I think that makes this recipe a resounding success!

Reviewed On: Apr. 23, 2009

This is the ONLY meatball recipe I make any more. I absolutely adore it. The only changes I make are that I usually use cheddar cheese, add onion powder and skip the sliced onions, and bake them in the oven (at 350), purely for the convenience of not having to stand around at the stove.

Reviewed On: Mar. 1, 2009

Delicious! I made it vegetarian with Gimme Lean fake sausage rather than real sausage, and it was pretty good that way, but of course most meat substitutes are less flavorful (in my experience of cooking for my vegetarian roommate). So I added some red pepper flakes to give it a little more kick, which helped a lot. Once I added real sausage to what I was eating, though, it made a huge difference! Good with fake sausage, but even yummier with real sausage! And yes, it does make a TON of food - we'll be eating it for a week straight.

Reviewed On: Dec. 8, 2008