Speedy Italian Meatball Soup
Today my Mama joins us with a recipe for a scrumptious Speedy Italian Meatball Soup. 
Good day to everyone! I am so happy to tell you that I will be sharing some of my tried and true recipes with you. Christy asked me if I wanted to start writing on SouthernPlate.com on a regular basis and I immediately said “sure”. Then terror settled in! You see, I am from a different generation that is not really tech savvy. Christy assured me that she could walk me through it and I’d be fine. I’m still not real sure of myself so I hope that you will all hang in there with me while I learn the ropes. I promise I am a fast learner.
I will be sharing some recipes that I learned from my paternal grandmother who lived next door to us. I spent a lot of time at her house growing up. Most of my memories take place in her kitchen. She raised ten kids, grew a huge garden, cooked everything from scratch and was an amazing cook.
Once, Christy asked her readers who they would most want to share a meal with that had passed on. I knew right away it would be her, Mama Reed. None of her recipes were complicated. She cooked three huge meals a day and also had other chores so there was no time for complicated. Quick and delicious was what she went for. And I am here to tell you, she achieved that goal! She has been gone over 40 years and I can still taste her green beans and fried corn.
I will also share new recipes that friends share at our get togethers. I have friends who are amazing cooks and we all share our recipes. They all have to pass the taste test with our husbands and grandkids. Now you will be included in our group.
One thing I would like to ask of you is your input on recipes and ideas that you would like to see on Southern Plate. Sometimes I forget that foods I cook all the time may be a memory for you and you’d like me to share the recipes so you can make them for your family. I will be happy to help out whenever I can.
I am looking forward to our new adventure. Like my daddy said, “Hold on, here we go!”
Today I’ll be sharing my recipe for meatball soup. Since it is made using frozen meatballs and vegetables, it is finished in no time flat. I make it for a quick lunch when my husband and I want more than a sandwich. It is especially good on cold winter days. If you made Christy’s Dr. Pepper Meatballs a few weeks ago, you may still have some frozen meatballs in your freezer – or you may have been like us and liked them so much that you had to make them again! Either way, I hope you enjoy this recipe! It is one of my favorite soups.
~ Mama
This is today’s lineup of ingredients. Chicken broth, diced tomatoes, bowtie pasta, frozen meatballs, frozen mixed vegetables, and Italian seasoning.
Combine broth, tomatoes, meatballs, vegetables, and Italian seasoning. Bring to a boil. Turn heat to medium and add pasta.
I promise I took a picture of me adding the pasta but it must have been bashful because it immediately went under.
Oh well, sometimes pasta is like that.
Continue to cook for 12 minutes or until pasta is al dente and meatballs are heated through.
Ingredients
- 2 32 ounce cartons of chicken broth
- 1 can 14 1/2 ounce diced tomatoes
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 2 cups uncooked bowtie pasta
- 16 ounces small frozen meatballs beef or turkey
- 16 ounce bag of frozen mixed vegetables
Instructions
- Combine chicken broth, tomatoes, vegetables, Italian seasoning, and meatballs. Bring just to a boil over medium high heat.
- Turn heat down to medium, add pasta. Continue cooking for approximately 12 minutes or until pasta is al dente and meatballs are heated through.
Nutrition
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~Chinese Proverb
I made this yesterday with potatoes instead of pasta. It was great. Good to know when I am trying to cut down on grain products. I cut up the potatoes into about 1 inch pieces. Then I put them in at the same time as the other vegetables. I added a little salt. I also reduced the broth to 6 cups instead of 8 because of not using pasta though I might use 7 cups instead of 8 next time to have a little more juice.
This sounds great. I live the ease of cook I no the Po as ya in the same pot. I bet if you didn’t have meatballs, you could add chicken, sausage, or some beans.
I love this fast, easy and nutritious meal. TY Mama Janice. Gonna make it again for supper tonite.
I made Mama’s Speedy Meatball soup last year after it was posted and loved that it was easy and fast to make. I planned to make it last weekend and found that I didn’t have any meatballs in the freezer so substituted smoked sausage for the meatballs and it turned out really good that way too. Try it sometime, I think you wil like it.
Oh wow, thanks for trying it out and letting us know!!!
I ordered your cookbook for my daughter and this was the first thing she tried. Next she is making Granny’s Fried Chicken. Hope it’s as good! The soup was delicious! Thank you!! Love your stories!
I am so glad y’all like it Sue!!
I love that “Mama” will be posting recipes. I can’t wait to try this recipe. I work two jobs so I need good meals that are quick to make. I want to avoid that fast food line! I love soups also so it is a perfect recipe for me. I can throw this together before I leave in the morning.