Okay, I know. It’s been way too long since I’ve posted. I could bore you with many excuses about how I’ve been too busy or how being sick fol­lowed by the major hol­i­days really got the best of me and my time. But in real­ity, my heart just hasn’t been in it. I’m not sure why. Don’t get me wrong, I love cook­ing. But lately I just haven’t had the drive or inspi­ra­tion to come up with any­thing culi­nar­ily speak­ing, let along have it be any­thing good enough to post about. I’ve been in a rut. But I think this dish may have done a lot to pull me out of that rut. The sauce alone is by far the best I’ve made. Its bold and com­plex, yet not over­pow­er­ing and it per­fectly com­pli­ments the light­ness of any kind of pasta. But that’s not the rea­son I made this dish. It just so hap­pened that our most recent share from our CSA had fresh home­made whole wheat spaghetti in it and it made me  imme­di­ately start crav­ing meat­balls. Keep read­ing I’m Back! And I… for the recipe and more pic­tures.»