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, Mama. I’m glad that you are joining Christy and sharing your recipes and stories. I have made many of Christy’s recipes and have not been disappointed. I will try your soup this Saturday.
Hugs,
Karen
Welcome, Mama! Love classic recipes! I have looked for a recipe for a Date Loaf, made with sweetened condensed milk,nuts,dates,not sure what else- baked at a low temperature? Heard of it? Can’t remember details.
PS to Peg: Easy Turnips
Soak / wash well. Peel. Slice. Cook in microwave til soft.
, Season with salt, butter, and a teaspoon or two of sugar. Delicious!
Hi Shelby, I have not heard of date loaf but my mother loved things like that. I will look through her recipes and see if I can find something like you describe. If so, I will try it and then post it if it turns out right. I have made myself a note. Thanks for your comments!
Thanks Shelby, I’ll give that a try too!!
Welcome Mama Janice!!! 😀 ~see me wavin’ at ya’ jumpin’ way up high?~ So glad you took the plunge and decided to share your recipes. Feels as though I have known you for a long time through Christy’s stories and recipes. She has been such a blessing ever since I accidently found Southern Plate some months back. That was, indeed, one of the best finds of my life. Christy’s spiritually inspired writings, wonderfully funny stories and delightful, tasty recipes have all been like finding a gold mine hidden on the Internet. I am SO looking forward to your recipes and writings! Pull up a chair, take your shoes off and get real comfy. We’re a fun bunch and I think you’ll like it here! Hugs & Blessings,
Linda C.
Thank you Mama Janice! I love soup and this one sounds great. I would love to read any old timey recipe and sweet memory you have that goes with it as Christy always juggles our minds with her recipes and the sweet memories flow out. I see now that Christy came by her AWESOMENESS naturally.
Welcome and look forward to your recipes.
I feel like I know you already. Met Christy when she published her first cookbook and have ALL her newsletters archived from 2008. Sometimes I feel like she is my other daughter from another mother! I write recipes for a food ministry stressing low cost, healthy, from scratch recipes and have done so for over 20 years. YOU CAN DO IT! I have done this one for years, mostly with hamburger crumbled and browned.
Been cooking for lots of years but still looking forward to your
delicious recipes that are quick and easy. Thanks in advance
and welcome to this great blog!