Italian Wedding Soup In A Crock Pot
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  • Number of Servings: 8
Ingredients
12-15 1/2 oz frozen turkey meatballs, quartered (Trader Joes has great meatballs)6 cups Chicken Broth (2 boxes of Imagine or Pacific Soup works well)1/4 cup chicken, chopped up. (one chicken breast)1/2 cup carrot, Diced small1/2 cup celery, Diced smallOptional: 1 can Garbanzo beans (or other cooked white beans) 1 cup bagged spinach salad or 1 bunch spinach, (stems removed)Garlic Salt, to tastelemon pepper, to taste1/4 cup Romano cheese 1/4 cup tiny pasta (try mini Quinoa shells) , add during last hour of cooking
Directions
Pop the meatballs in the microwave for a minute or two on defrost, so you can quarter them.
Combine all ingredients in crock pot and cook all day on low or 3 hours on high.
If the pasta is added during the last hour of cooking, you will see pasta,
The first time I made it, I put it in at the beginning and it cooked down and thickened the soup some.
This soup freezes well, too!


Number of Servings: 8

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user SINGER1024.
Servings Per Recipe: 8
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 157.3
  • Total Fat: 4.8 g
  • Cholesterol: 33.5 mg
  • Sodium: 436.1 mg
  • Total Carbs: 12.2 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 2.6 g
  • Protein: 16.5 g

Member Reviews
  • CD4440684
     delicious! added great northern beans, didn't add the cheese, didn't add the chicken - it was very filling. Used reduced sodium broth and it definitely wasn't too salty. - 3/21/09
  • KIRIYAMA7
     This was really great. I dropped the chicken and put in 4 chopped carrots and 3/4 stalk of celery hearts. The entire bag of spinach and 4 oz of chopped white onions.

    I used orzo for the pasta, white kidney beans and added a tablespoon of minced garlic and 4 cubes of frozen basil from TJ's. - 5/10/11
  • NEWROSE
     This is one of my favorites. I did switch to whole wheat orzo to boost the fiber. For variety, I use different white beans and sometimes lima beans. - 4/4/10
  • TAROTGARDEN
     I made this for my share of a group dinner; it was a hit! Definitely not too salty. I used ground turkey, rolled into small balls, and skipped the beans. I didn't use the whole bag of spinach... it seemed too spinach-heavy as I was combining the ingredients, so I only used about 3/4ths of the bag. - 11/8/09
  • PICKIE98
     I used everything stated except the meatballs,, I made my own. - 10/27/20
  • JAMER123
     Delicious soup. We do enjoy our soups. Thanks for sharing. - 9/20/20
  • FISHGUT3
     thanks - 4/3/20
  • CHERYLHURT
     Great - 3/26/19
  • REDROBIN47
     I will try this recipe too see if I can reduce the sodium. It looks tasty but both DH & I are on low sodium meal plans. - 3/28/18
  • SLEEPAWAYCAMPR
     I used a mix of chicken broth and low sodium broth to cut down on the salt. When I popped in the pasta I also added fresh chopped parsley. Very good! - 5/10/10
  • MBTHOMPSON
     This was a very good soup - definitely recommend! It was nice and light, hit-the-spot! (Thanks Singer 1024 and THANKS Tarotgarden for including this in our Sparkdinner last night!) - 11/8/09
  • KITTYWASHINGTON
     Too salty - 11/29/08
  • HAVELIN5
     Yum! This was delicious. - 4/24/08



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