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 Janice! Glad you are able to help Christy out. I’m sure you will have some great recipes for us.
Hugs to you!
It’s so nice to meet you & share your recipes & experiences. Being 61 myself, I know the experiences of learning from the masters, our mothers & grandmothers. We also learn from our children who in thrie turn add their own touch to our recipes, making them even better. Christy I see where you get your charming personality, lol. Hugs & Love to all.
Thanks, for the recipe I am ready to start cooking. surprise,surprise (family)!!!. Bless you Janice
Can’t wait to try this recipe! Thanks for sharing and can’t wait to see what other amazing recipes you share with us! Thanks Mama!
Thanks to Christy for sharing her mama with us! I love soups in the fall and winter months.
Mama Janice I can’t wait to see what else you have in store for us.
I found Southern Plate through Southern Living and have been a fan ever since!
This soup sounds like a good start for you. Welcome Growing up at holidays we always had spiced peaches on the table. Do you have a recipe for them.
Hi Mary Jo, I do seem to remember my grandmother and mother making spiced peaches. I think they called them pickled peaches since we canned them in jars when the peaches were in season and then put them on the table like pickles for special occasions. They had cloves in them and were delicious. Could that be what you are talking about?
Welcome Mama Janice!!! I am so excited for the recipes you’ll share! I’ve followed and loved Christy for a long time now! I met her at one of her book signings and she was exactly as I thought she would be…just as sweet as her accent, gracious as a Southern woman should be and humble as pie 🙂 You sure did raise her up right! She and I also share the same birthday (although I am a few years older than she is, lol). I love new recipes especially older ones, so much so that I love purchasing old cookbooks and recipe boxes at estate or yard sales! Cant wait to try your recipes and read more of your stories!