Italian Wedding Soup

Last month when it was 90 degrees and 99% humidity - I was inmy kitchen sweating over a giant batch of Italian Wedding soup.🥵 #Myfamilyhadquestions 😅 But now that the temperatures are a bit cooler and I don't have the means to cook dinner anymore - I'm super thankful for those containers of Wedding soup that I've been able to pull out of my freezer and reheat for dinner. 

 
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​I'm not above warming dinner in the crock pot on the floor of the dining room.  😂 You do what you have to do, right?  

Even more important than the fact that our dinner is on the floor, in the crock pot, is the fact that I'm one step closer to having a fully functioning kitchen again.  I have cabinets!!!

​I honestly don't know how I'm going to be able to sleep tonight - I'm too excited and  I'm already organizing each and every cabinet and drawer in my head. #organizationjunkie  I can hardly wait to start filling them up.  Filling being the operative word.  😅

Sadly, I'll have to wait just a little longer because there will be no cabinet loading until the floors are refinished in a few more weeks.  Until then, we'll be enjoying our Italian Wedding soup in our newly cabineted kitchen. (Is that a word?)   

Italian Wedding Soup
Meatballs
1 pound ground turkey
1 egg, beaten
1/2 cup Italian breadcrumbs
¼ cup Parmesan Cheese, finely grated into a powder
3 cloves garlic, finely diced
1/3 cup fresh Parsley, roughly chopped

Soup
​1 Tablespoon oil
1 ¼ cups carrots, sliced thin
1 ¼ cups yellow onion, diced
¾ cup celery, sliced thin
1 garlic clove, minced
8 cups chicken broth
1 teaspoon basil
1 teaspoon oregano
¾ cup small dry pasta
8 oz. fresh spinach

Combine meatball ingredients gently.

Roll mixture into 1" balls.

Heat oil in skillet.  Brown meatballs 2-3 minutes.  Remove from pan.

Add carrots, onion and celery and saute 5 minutes.  

Add garlic, broth, seasoning and salt and pepper.  Bring to a boil. 

Reduce heat to simmer.  Add meatballs and pasta and cook 10 minutes. 

Stir in spinach.

Garnish with fresh parsley and parmesan cheese if desired. 

Even though I made my meatballs out of ground turkey - you could certainly use beef.  It's just a preference.  Either way - I think you're going to like this hearty Fall favorite.  

Ciao!

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