Heart Shaped Meatballs

So to celebrate the day michael and me met, and him getting through the opening of the casino I thought I would do a little italian.
I don't have time to make spagettie sauce from scratch, so what I am going to do is take emerils super garlic sauce out of the cupboard and use that. For my special made from scratch part of the meal I will make heart shaped meatballs.

There are 2 specialy items you should get for this Alessi grated pecorina romano cheese, and McCormicks Italian herb seasoning grinder. These 2 things will spice up any italian dish and cut half if not all of the spices you need. (there also good together in oil for dipping bread in)

This is what you will need:
1 pound of ground beef/veal/pork which ever you like the best I will use beef
2tsp of thyme
1 cloves of garlic
1/4 -1/2 cup of romano cheese depending on how much you want
2 eggs
10 grinds of the italian herb mix (or a 1/2 tsp of each:rosmary pepper, red pepper, onion, tomato, and parsley)
1 cup of bread crumbs

Heat oven to 375
Toss the bread crumbs with the thyme, cheese, italian herbs, and garlic
Mix the egg and the meat until well combined, and then take turns between adding in crumb mix and mixing. Once everthing is together shape into balls, or hearts in this case and place onto sheet pan (you can also tightly package and freeze for later use). Cook for 10 minutes/flip and cook for another 10. I always hate giving times because I was always taught its done when its done. I usually have one dummy in the middle that i cut open to check that its cooked properly. NEVER EVER EVER cook your meatballs in sauce. For one your not sure when there done and risk contaminating the whole thing, and 2 they wont be as yummy. If you have to you can cook them in a pan with a little oil, but they wont taste as great. Remember that the whole point of cooking is to experiment so if there are things you want to change, CHANGE THEM it will be even better in the end because it will have a bit of you in it. Until the next dinner heres hoping I'll make a foodie out of you!