Earl Cooks Gnocchi Alfredo with Meatballs

Potato Gnocchi with Meatballs & Alfredo

Never heard of it, right? I hadn't either. So I created it with ingredients I had on hand, but I made a couple of crucial mistakes.

The first and maybe biggest, was the selection of store bought meatballs. They seemed like they should be good but they were not. I never buy the big packages of frozen meatballs, but they had some in the meat department that looked like they might be good, so I bought them. It was a package of 12, which I froze to use later. Freezing them was a part of the problem.

I took them from the freezer and started to cook them in a large frying pan.

I started with just 3 simple ingredients. Sam's Choice Italia Potato Gnocchi, Great Value Classic Alfredo, and Italian Style Meatballs from Smith's "Kroger". Let me say right up front that the gnocchi and Alfredo were fine. I have used them both before. The meatballs I had never used, but I don't think I can blame them  entirely. I cooked them from frozen and my wife thought they were a bit under cooked for her. The ones I had were not, so I blame myself for not over cooking them enough for her. I will make this again, but will change the meatballs, probably making them myself. This is a great quick dish. The Alfredo is shelf stable, and the gnocchi is too. This could be combined with sausage also
Results & Conclusion
I guess I messed up on the meatballs, so this is on me. Use your own meatballs or Italian sausage for this and you will have dinner in a jiffy.