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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Precious Mama…Thank you for “going for it” and joining Christy on the journey of good, simple, sensible, tried and true recipes. Each time that I need a special meal, I always go to Southern Plate or her cookbook. I enjoy the recipes that you have posted previously and know that you have a treasure trove of others waiting for us. You have certainly raised a wonderful daughter and I ask God that He Blesses her family and yours daily. I will be anxiously awaiting your next recipe and your wit and wisdom.
Boy, you are a brave soul! You will be amazed at my wit and I don’t think you should plan on so much wisdom! Haha
Glad to have you on board, Mama Janice. This soup looks delicious, can’t wait to try it! My husband has planted Turnip greens mixed with Mustard Greens. I fix the greens all the time, but never the turnips. Would like to know how to fix a no frills turnip dish. Is that the same thing as Rutabaga Turnips, or is that something entirely different. My Mama use to fix turnips and they were so good! Looking forward to many of your wonderful recipes!
I think that rutabaga turnips is different but similar in taste. I like the greens but not the turnips. I’ll check with some of my friends to see if they have any good recipes and pass them along.
Thanks so much for your reply!!
I love turnips as well as the greens. Sometimes when I fry up ham, I add cubed turnips in place of white potatoes. The ham infuses them with good flavor. You can also boil the turnips and make them like mashed potatoes. Give them a try. They are not starchy like potatoes so have less carbs in them. Enjoy!
Thanks Joyce!! I am going to try the cubed Turnips & ham. That sounds really good! My Mama cubed hers up too. This may be what she did. Hope so.
Hey Janice! I love this recipe – I’ve had it in my “favorites” file for awhile. I assumed I must have gotten it from Christy since many of my favorites are from her. Looking forward to more of your recipes!
Try it soon and let me know what you think.
It’s easy to see where Christy gets her sense of humor and her writing abilities!
I bet it’s a hoot when you two are together.
Thanks for this recipe and others to come. My husband LOVES soup so I’m always looking for something new.
Have to admit though, it’s makes me curious as to what Christy is up to – must be a new “project” on the way. Hope it’s something great for her and I look forward to finding Southern Plate in my inbox!
Christy and I have a really fun time when we are together. We laugh and joke so much! Sometimes even the smallest thing gets us tickled. Christy always has a new project in the works. Sometimes it is just in her mind, other times on paper. We will just have to wait and see what this one is. Thanks for your comment.
Hi Mama and welcome! Christy had to learn all those great recipes and get her kind, loving and generous heart from SOMEwhere…and I think I can guess that you and her grandmothers all played a BIG part in that, so thank you for sharing her with all of us!
Hey Momma Janice.. Welcome Aboard, you’ll do great! I love easy good recipes, thanks for sharing this one:-)
What a wonderful idea. I will enjoy reading your posts and recipes.