Meatballs

I invited my mother over for dinner tonight since my father was out of town.  When I have guests over for dinner, I like to try something different to impress them and since it is my mother, the one who taught me a lot of the recipes I know, I can't fall back on an old standby.  So I created something new and it was a big hit with everyone. 

Here is my recipe for meatballs, and  I will apologize in advance since I don't measure out ingredients when I am cooking.


Ground beef
1 packet Lipton onion soup mix
Worcestershire sauce

milk
beef bouillon granules
corn starch
salt and pepper to taste

I mixed my ground beef with a packet of onion soup mix and  some worcestershire sauce and made meatballs with it.  I sprayed my saute pan with some cooking spray and browned my meatballs on all sides.  I also started some brown rice cooking.  When my meatballs had been browned  on all sides, I covered the pan, occasionally stirring them, and let them cook until finished.  I took my meatballs out of the pan and set them aside, then I drained all but about 2 TB of drippings from the pan.  I used the beef bouillon granules dissolved into water (because I didn't have any beef broth on hand) and, leaving the heat on in the pan, used the makeshift beef broth to deglaze the pan.  I then added some milk, some more worcestershire sauce and some corn starch to thicken up while stirring constantly ro make the gravy.  I used salt and pepper to taste.  These meatballs were served over a bed of brown rice with the gravy and steamed peas on the side.  Yummy!  The only bad part was there are almost no leftovers!