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Soup with ground beef meatballs takes several minutes to prepare.

Soup with ground beef meatballs takes several minutes to cook.

Soup with ground beef meatballs makes 6 servings.

The ingredients for Soup with ground beef meatballs are:

1 T. olive oil
1-1/2 cans (28 oz) tomatoes
1 T. parsley, chopped
1 t. dried oregano
1/2 t. salt
1/2 t. black pepper
5 oz. frozen peas
2 carrots, peeled and chopped
1/2 # pasta, cooked al dente
Meatball ingredients
1-1/2 # lean ground beef
1 egg
1 garlic clove, minced
1 T. parsley, chopped
1/2 t. salt
1/4 c. parmesan cheese, grated
1/2 t. black pepper

Here is how you make Soup with ground beef meatballs:

Pour the olive oil into a large heavy bottomed pot with the garlic. Place over a medium flame and let the garlic brown. Put the tomatoes through a blender to liquefy. Add to the browned garlic along with the carrots, parsley, oregano, salt, pepper. Bring the tomato mixture to a boil, reduce to a simmer and carefully drop the meatballs into the sauce. Let simmer for 1 hour. Add the peas, green beans and cooked pasta and service hot with grated cheese & bread.Meatballs:Put the ground beef into a large mixing bowl. Add the egg, garlic, parsley, salt, cheese and pepper and mix by hand until well formed. Form the mixture into 1 inch balls. Makes 30 meatballs.Serving Size: Makes 6 servingsNumber of Servings: 6Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user RTDLLKING.

The nutritional information for Soup with ground beef meatballs is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 6
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 542.5

• Total Fat: 29.5 g
• Cholesterol: 119.4 mg
• Sodium: 805.3 mg
• Total Carbs: 43.0 g
• Dietary Fiber: 8.1 g
• Protein: 30.4 g