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 mama and Christy! I made this recipe today for sunday dinner. It was a hit!!! Everyone loved it! This is my first time making a recipe off your site. I will definitely be making more. It was so easy to make. It wasn’t any left!
I am so glad you and your family liked it Rachael!! I hope you will try a few more!
Hello Rachael, I am so glad that you liked the soup. I hope you will try more and let us know how you and your family liked them.
I had just printed Ma’s Rice and Veggie bake Bags to Dishes recipe and then when I was looking at this post, realized that I can make this a bags to dishes meal as well, simply change the veggies to canned or dehydrated, and buy cans of Meat Balls, we have a brand called Puritan which puts meatballs into cans with gravy, which would add to the soup base. Just wanted to let you know that its possible. I also can get small plastic bags and containers (about tablespoon size) at my local dollar store so the spices can even be added to the bag. These are going to be a life saver this winter, as both my husband and I will be out all week and will need a quick meal when we get in.
Eva, You are so smart to figure this out. It will definitely find its way into our bag meals. Thanks for sharing your hint with all the Southern Plate family!
Just curious does this mean Christy will not be doing southern plate? I’m looking forward also to your old handed down recipes! But will miss Christy if she is no longer here..hugs!
You are so sweet, thank you Elizabeth! I am still here and will still be posting as much as I usually do with recipes and such, but now we have an added bonus of Mama’s recipes and posts added into the mix 🙂 I figure I got about ten more years left in me before I head out to pasture!
I actually made this soup yesterday 🙂 It was a big hit with my Hubby 🙂 I baked him some soft garlic bread sticks to go with it. He said I can make this for him anytime! WTG Christys Mama! I will be looking forward to more of your recipes:)
I just had to comment on this recipe form Mama. I made this for our dinner last night and it was a hit…this is one recipe that will stay on the top of my cooking. I plan to make it again and double the recipe for freezing…I did alter it a little by accident though, I thought I had chicken stock saved for previous cooking of chicken, but it turned out to be stock from a pork shoulder I had I had cooked to make BAR B Q saved for later use.. It was really good…Thanks so much for your recipes.. there’s nothing like the old recipes to make a good meal from…..
Hi Christine, You are proof that any recipe does not have to be followed exactly! Christy and I are always substituting things to keep from going to the grocery store. I have to drive about 10 miles to even get to the highway. I am so glad that you liked the soup. We make it often for lunch since it is so quick. I’ll have to try different stocks. Have a wonderful day. Mama
I may be slow, but I still want to add my two cents here. I am so excited that you have agreed to participate here with your daughter. What fun! Looking forward to your recipes.
I can’t seem to be able to print the recipes. When I push print the next page is blank with a message this page is blank. What am I doing wrong. Betty
Hey Betty! I’m sorry you’re having trouble. It is most likely the internet browser you are using. Internet Explorer is the worst culprit but others that might be outdated have issues as well. Try downloading Google Chrome (it is free and the one I use) and going to SouthernPlate using that and it should print fine.