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
Hi Christy’s Momma, Thanks for sharing your thoughts and recipe! Sounds good. My husband is really going to like this one. PS thanks for putting a smile on my face.
Hi Janice! I just can’t call you Mama, now can I? Welcome! I make soup just about more than anything else at my house, so this sounds really good. Thanks for something different. I know Christy’s glad to have you helping out – I know Christy’s glad to have you, period!
Patti Moss
Hi Patti, I am so glad to have you commented on my post. It’s hard to believe that none of my kids had you as a teacher but you still made such an impact on our lives. Everyone of us still remember you. Christy and I are very close. I guess our personalities are so much alike. We have a ball when we are traveling. Everything is a big adventure. If you have ideas for future posts, please let us know. We are always looking for recipes and ideas. Hopefully, we will run into each other again soon! Janice
Welcome Mama!! Those of us who are also Mama’s and Grandmama’s love to see our peer group posting well-loved recipes! Love you too,Christy!
Mama, it is so nice to have you posting on Christy’s “Southern Plate”. I look forward to the recipes and stories you will share with us. I believe the recipes handed down through generations are hard to beat. In addition to delicious meals, they provide many wonderful memories. Welcome and I’m sure you will have the computer down pat real soon.
Welcome Mama.
The only spices I use are salt and pepper and at Thanksgiving, poultry, oregano and sage. I’m afraid to venture out cause I won’t try things and the only pasta I’ve ever eaten is spaghetti and elbows. The others are so unappetizing for me.. And with no money to experiment……………….. lol
I too am computer challenged so be patient we are all rooting for you and all those good recipes to come so “Bring them on” we’ll wait !
Glad you’re here to share recipes with us. I’ve been here since Christi was able to post a reply to comments and miss the recipe centered posts now that she is on a philosophical bandwave and does so many other things. It will be nice to know that the posts contain “new” recipes, since that’s why I came here in the beginning.
I’m excited to hear about my “philosophical bandwave”! I have over 900 recipes on the blog so far and a total of 10 devotional posts. I’m happy to hear they carry so much weight. 🙂 No doubt though, my desire is to encourage folks. I’ll do it with recipes and any other means available to me.