TOMATO MEATBALL SOUP

By wendyv

Ingredients

• Meatballs
• 1 lb ground beef
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup fresh bread crumbs
• 3 grinds of black pepper
• 3 shakes of salt
• 2 tsp gehakt spice
• Soup base
• Strained reserved water from boiling meatballs
• 3 cups garden cocktail
• 1 container beef broth
• 2 medium carrots- peeled and diced
• 2 stalks celery- diced
• 1 onion-diced
• 2 tsp gehakt spice
• 1 pkg dried chicken noodle soup
• handful of broken spaghetti noodles

Preparation

Step 1

Meatballs
combine all ingredients and roll into tiny meatballs.
Boil in 4 cups cold water for 25 minutes.
Remove meatballs and strain liquid

Soup
Put liquid from meatballs in a large stock pot stock pot.
Add garden cocktail, beef broth, carrots, celery, onions and spice.
Bring to a boil, then simmer for 30 minutes.
Add meatballs,chicken noodle soup and broken noodles.
Bring to a boil, then simmer for 15 minutes.

To stretch this recipe,add another container of beef broth and dried chicken noodle soup