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While this recipe for meatballs is indeed spot-on, you are right...Ina can't compete with the generations of Italian cooks in my family...this just tomato sauce heated up for half an hour without any character. Solution? Use a real sauce recipe, take a Saturday morning, cook up a big pot and freeze in quarts. Then when you need your quick meal, make Ina's meatballs, defrost the good stuff and simmer away. You'll be much happier!