Italian Wedding Soup

Italian Wedding Soup

Course Appetizer, Main Course, Side Dish, Soup
Cuisine healthy, Italian
Servings 4
Calories 297 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 2 32oz Vegetable stock cartons low sodium if possible
  • 3 large carrots, peeled and chopped
  • 1 large onion, chopped
  • 3 large celery stalks, chopped
  • 2 tbsp tomato paste
  • 1 14oz can chopped tomatoes
  • 1 cup cooked pasta of choice ditalini
  • 5 cups swiss chard, chopped can also use kale
  • 10 small turkey meatballs Use my recipe on this site!

Instructions
 

  • Add 1 tsp oil to a large pot, cook the onion, celery and carrots until softened
  • add a little salt and tomato paste and swirl around. Add the chopped tomatoes, vegetable stock and bring to a boil. Then turn to medium low heat.
  • Add swiss chard (or other greens)and cooked pasta. Reduce to simmer and cook until the greens are reduced and soft in the pot.
  • Add the meatballs and let it simmer for a few minutes! you can add some hot pepper here if you choose for this to be spicy!

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Notes

Have a large bowl as a main dish! If having this as a side, have 1 cup of the soup with 1 meatball. 
Calories (if having large bowl with 3 meatballs) 297
Protein: 25.7
Carbs: 30g
Fiber: 3.5
Keyword healthyitalian, healthysoup