How To Make Mini Turkey Meatball Vegetable Soup
This vegetable soup has turkey meatballs and a mix of carrots, celery, onions, tomatoes, and herbs. It’s a warm, tasty, and kid-friendly soup.
Serves:
Ingredients
For Meatballs:
- 20ozground turkey breast,(93% lean)
- ¼cupseasoned whole wheat breadcrumbs
- ¼cupParmesan Cheese,grated
- ¼cupparsley,finely chopped
- 1largeegg
- ¼cuponion,minced
- 1clovegarlic,minced
- ¼tspsalt
For Soup:
- 32ozreduced sodium chicken broth
- 2tspolive oil
- ½cuponion,chopped
- 1cupcarrots,diced
- ½cupcelery,diced
- 2garlic cloves,minced
- 14½ozpetite diced tomatoes,(2 cans)
- Parmesan cheese rind,optional
- 1fresh rosemary sprig
- 2bay leaves
- 2tbspfresh basil,chopped
- ¼cupfresh Italian parsley,chopped
- ½tspkosher salt
- ½tspfresh black pepper
- 8ozzucchini,diced
- 2cupsfresh spinach,chopped
- extra parmesan cheese,for garnish, optional
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
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In a large bowl, combine ground turkey, breadcrumbs, egg, parsley, onion, garlic, salt and cheese. Gently mix all the ingredients well until everything is combined.
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Form small meatballs, about 1 tablespoon each. Bake in the oven for about 12 minutes.
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Meanwhile, heat the oil in a large pot or Dutch oven over medium-high heat.
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Add the carrots, celery, onion, garlic and saute for about 15 minutes until tender and fragrant.
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Add the broth, tomatoes, parmesan cheese rind, salt and pepper.
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Add the rosemary,bay leaves, basil and parsley, cover and cook on low 40 minutes.
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Remove the bay leaves, rosemary sprig, parmesan rind and drop the meatballs in along with the zucchini and spinach, cover and simmer for 8 to 10 minutes, until the zucchini is tender and meatballs are cooked through. Season to taste with salt and black pepper if needed.
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Serve with extra grated cheese on the side if desired.
Nutrition
- Calories: 342.66kcal
- Fat: 17.01g
- Saturated Fat: 7.62g
- Trans Fat: 0.00g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 5.98g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 2.04g
- Carbohydrates: 12.37g
- Fiber: 3.08g
- Sugar: 4.87g
- Protein: 34.73g
- Cholesterol: 102.11mg
- Sodium: 947.03mg
- Calcium: 490.34mg
- Potassium: 764.98mg
- Iron: 3.15mg
- Vitamin A: 306.70µg
- Vitamin C: 25.12mg
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