Wanted to chime in with a tip here,
If you like those meatballs,
I've been eating spaghetti while cutting.
Whole Wheat pasta has a very low GI burn rate.
I'll use about 1/3 cup of sauce, fairly low carbs and low fat and add chicken, or burger. Cook the burger well, drain the fat, and I set it on about 5 sheets of paper towel to get most of the fat out of the burger.
Season your sauce, simmer it with your burger. I'll cook up 5lbs of burger with 3 cans of sauce at a time, fills a 4qt container.
Boil your pasta, sauce, microwave, easy 3-4 minute meal with a good balance of lean protein and complex carbs.