Quick Italian Meatball Soup
Quick Italian Meatball Soup is the perfect, filling soup with delicious meatballs for a busy, cold chilly night
If you have been following With A Blast for a while now, you should know that we love meatballs served in every imaginable way. This very quick Italian Meatball Soup is one of the favorites in our house.
As I have mentioned before, I loathe spending time in my kitchen when it is cold as my kitchen is quite large with openings into the laundry. A breakfast counter running over into the passage, another entrance into the passage as well as an entrance into the dining room.
That is a lot of openings and entrances without any doors to lock in the heat, hence my preference to quick and easy recipes when it is cold.
This quick Italian Meatball soup is hearty, thick and just spicy enough for everyone to enjoy. I do add canned Tomatoes, but you can use fresh Tomatoes in place of the can of Chopped Tomatoes.
Unless you know the ingredients in the canned Italian Tomatoes, I would stick to the canned.
I only add a little bit of Quinoa to thicken the soup slightly. You can use more if you’d like to, but take care that your soup does not turn into a stew. Which might also not be bad, by the way!
Served with the freshest, crustiest bread you can find – or bake – this is a dinner perfect for those chilly nights.
Quick Italian Meatball Soup
Quick Italian Meatball Soup
Ingredients
- 8 Beef Sausages
- 4 TB Olive Oil divided
- 1 large Onion chopped
- 2 t Fresh Garlic crushed
- 1 can (410g) Italian-Style Tomatoes
- 1 can (410g) Chopped Tomatoes
- 2 t Worcestershire Sauce
- 2 TB Brown Sugar
- 2 cups Beef Stock
- 2 TB Quinoa rinsed
- 3 TB Parsley chopped
- Salt and Black Pepper to taste
- Baby Arugula optional
Instructions
- Remove the meat from the Sausage casings – form 3 meatballs from each Sausage
- Heat 2 tablespoons Olive Oil in a pan – brown the Meatballs and set aside
- In a large saucepan, heat the remaining Olive Oil – saute the Onion and Garlic until soft
- Add both cans of Tomatoes, Worcestershire Sauce, Brown Sugar, Beef Stock and the Quinoa
- Bring to the boil and add the browned Meatballs – lower the heat, cover and simmer 25 – 30 minutes or until the Meatballs are cooked through – stir in the Parsley
- Season to taste with Salt and Black Pepper
Top with Arugula (if using) and serve with fresh crusty bread.
LINDA
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Looks so comforting! Thanks for linking up with SNF! Pinned to our party board!
Yum! Perfect for the cold weather. Thanks for linking up to Snickerdoodle Sunday!
Hi Linda,
We would just love your Italian Meatball Soup, looks so good. Hope you are having a great day and thanks so much for sharing your awesome post with Full Plate Thursday.
Come Back Soon!
Miz Helen
Thanks for sharing at Totally Terrific Tuesday! I pinned this to make this fall season! YUMMY!
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Jess
That looks wonderful. I bet kale and barley would make acceptable substitutes as well.
Delicious meatball soup, thanks for sharing with Hearth and soul blog hop. pinning.
What a lovely recipe, Linda! I love how quick, easy and delicious your Quick Italian Meatball Soup is – it's perfect autumn comfort food.
This sounds awesome, Linda. I can't wait for soup weather! 🙂
Thank you so much for attending week 8 of #PureBlogLove and linking your fantastic blog post. This is a great looking soup! I can't wait to see what you have in store for our party next week Thursday 8 PM EST- Sundays at midnight. Your post has been added to the #PureBlogLove Pinterest board for all to see 🙂 Have a great day!
Nicole
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WONDERFUL recipe Linda! Thanks for linking ot WW Blog Hop and hope to see you again next week. Carrie, A Mother's Shadow
Mmm, sounds warming and delicious. My daughter loves meatballs but I think I'd need to throw some spaghetti into the soup too if I wanted her to love it! x
Love soups this time of year! Thanks for sharing!
This soup recipe sounds delicious! I am pinning. Thank you for sharing. Maria
I am also a meatball fan. This looks great!
(Found you through the liverandomlysimple linkup 🙂 )
I love italian meatball soup, but I have never tried making it! Thanks for linking to the In and Out of the Kitchen Link Party! I am always glad to see you!