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.
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~Chinese Proverb
Welcome! I am looking forward to seeing your recipes — I so wish that I had paid more attention to my mama’s cooking while she was living.
You and me both Redawna!! But I’m sure looking forward to learning some great recipes from Mama Janice! Welcome and we can’t wait to read your thoughts and try your recipes! Thank you.
Love this, easy and quick. Looking forward to more.
Thanks Mama! We love y’all to pieces! I really appreciate and rely on your family’s recipes.
My Grandmothers made everything from scratch too, they just didn’t tell anyone else how. ;-P
Thanks for sharing!
Hey Mama Janice!
Glad you hopped on board! This will be an exciting journey because you will have Christy right there with you. I love Christy’s recipes that were passed down and the stories that come with them. I can’t wait for your recipes and stories, it just makes me think back to the “Good Ole Days”.
Hi Mama and welcome! Thanks for the great recipe. Reminds me a lot of my Nanny’s vegetable soup, made with ground beef instead of meatballs. Your grandmother and my Nanny were of the same stock, she cooked the same way, had a garden, and lived next door to us too!! My Nanny has been gone 25 years now, but I do have some of her hand written recipes to remember her. Looking forward to more recipes from you, and memories! Thanks, Mama!
You? Worried that you wouldn’t get any comments? Are you kidd’in? You go MAMA Janice!!
I really enjoy Christy’s stories about you, reminds me of home! She is such a wonderful person, you should be proud. What a wonderful family!! I’m so glad that you decided to do this with Christy. Looking forward to trying your recipes. Welcome aboard!
I’m so glad to see that you took up Christy’s suggestion. I’m looking forward to seeing ‘your stuff’ Christy is fantastic and no doubt that a huge part of that is because of you. I plan to try your meatball stew this weekend. Thank you and happy posting!