Mini Chicken Sausage Meatballs with Gnocchi and Tomato Sauce

Name: Mini Chicken Sausage Meatballs with Gnocchi and Tomato Sauce
Ingredients: Salt; 1 1/2 pounds ground chicken; 1 tablespoon grill seasoning (recommended: Montreal Steak Seasoning by McCormick); 1 teaspoon, 1/3 palm full, fennel seeds; 1/4 cup tender sun-dried tomatoes (available in pouches or tubs in produce section); 1 cup, 20 leaves fresh basil, divided; 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, plus some to drizzle; 4 cloves garlic, minced; 1 medium onion, finely chopped; 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes, eyeball it in your palm; 1 (28-ounce) can crushed tomatoes; 1 (8-ounce) can tomato sauce; Pepper; 1 pound gnocchi, potato dumplings, from refrigerated or frozen foods section of market; Grated Parmigiano-Reggiano or Romano, 1/2 cup – a couple of handfuls, plus some to pass at table; Crusty bread, to pass at table; Peppery Salad, recipe follows; 2 teaspoons steak seasoning; 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar, eyeball it; 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil, eyeball it; 6 large radishes, thinly sliced; 1 green Italian cubanelle pepper, seeded and very thinly sliced; 4 scallions, chopped on an angle; 1 cup chopped pickled green beans, available on condiment aisle, or hot pickled Italian vegetable salad, Giardiniera, drained well; 2 bunches, 6 cups, arugula, cleaned and trimmed, coarsely chopped; Handful flat-leaf parsley, coarsely chopped