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

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