Meatball and Spaghetti Soup
By á-3948
This is a great recipe to keep your belly warm and full but knowing it's skinny version.
Ingredients
- 1/2 lb ground turkey
- 1 small egg
- 1/4 cup seasoned breadcrumbs
- 6 tsp grated parmesan cheese
- 1/2 onion, chopped, divided
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped
- 4 tbsp chopped fresh parsley, divided
- kosher salt and fresh pepper
- pinch crushed red pepper flakes
- 2 tbsp tomato sauce
- 5 cups fat free chicken broth
- 4 oz Barilla whole grain spaghetti, broken in half
- 1 tsp fresh chopped basil
Details
Servings 4
Preparation time 20mins
Cooking time 40mins
Adapted from mom2mycrazy2.blogspot.com
Preparation
Step 1
In a soup pot over medium heat, bring chicken broth, 1 clove crushed garlic, 2 tbsp chopped parsley, 1/4 of the chopped onion, tomato sauce, crushed red pepper flakes and fresh black pepper to a boil and cook about 5 minutes.
Meanwhile, make the meatballs by combining beef, cheese, egg, garlic, remaining onion, remaining parsley, breadcrumbs, salt and pepper. Mix well. Form into 1 inch meatballs.
Drop meatballs into broth, cook about 3 minutes, then and add pasta and cook according to package. Add basil and serve.
** I doubled the recipe, the original recipe called for ground beef I only use ground turkey **
Recipe adapted from http://www.skinnytaste.com/2008/03/meatball-and-spaghetti-soup-5-ww-pts.html
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