Easy Crockpot Meatballs & Pasta

This is about the easiest dinner ever!  It’s pretty much a crockpot version of basic spaghetti-with-meatballs, except that my husband isn’t a fan of “long stringy pasta” so I use a short pasta like ziti or lately rigatoni (which is ridiculously inexpensive at Wegman’s, like 69cents a box!) I love how tender and flavorful the meatballs get in the crockpot! 

Here’s what you need:

~12 frozen meatballs, any variety

1 jar spaghetti sauce

1/3 cup water

Slightly more than ½ a box rigatoni or other pasta

Shredded Parmesan or Asiago cheese, optional

Place meatballs in crockpot.  Cover with spaghetti sauce and water.  Cook on low for about 4 hours (or if you forgot to get started until 3:00 in the afternoon, start it on high for an hour or two!)

About 20 minutes before dinnertime, cook pasta according to package directions.  Drain and add to the crockpot.  Stir well.  I like to top servings generously with shredded Parmesan or Asiago cheese – yummy!