A Better Albondigas aka inulin prebiotic infused Albondigas

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  • Number of Servings: 10
Ingredients
MEATBALL ingredients/prep :16 oz 93% Lean Ground Beef 16 oz Turkey, Ground turkey, 93% lean 1/2 cup Jasmine Rice cooked3 tbsp organic egg whites 1/2 cup onion Chopped2 tbsp wheat Germ 2 tsp Trader Joes garlic salt grinder (sea salt with roasted garlic,parsley and onion) 1 tsp black pepper, ground 3 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil SOUP BASE :4 cup Swanson Chicken Fat Free Chicken Broth Less Sodium 48 oz bottled Water VEGETABLES for the soup: 4 cloves Garlic 1 cup Onion 15 organic baby carrots raw 1 cup Jerusalem Artichoke (Sunchoke) 1/2 cup chayote 1.5 cup zuccini Squash 4 stalk, celery large raw 2 medium whole Tomatoes, red, ripe, raw2 cup kale, chopped1 cup cilantro (leaves, fresh) 1/2 serrano pepper rawSPICES :4 tsp Mazola, Tomato Bouillon with chicken flavor .25 tsp Crushed Red Pepper Flakes.5 tsp Cumin (ground) 1 tsp Basil leaf,dry .5 tsp Oregano, dry 1 tsp Thyme, dry2 Bay Leaf
Directions
Step 1:
Thoroughly wash and chop all vegetables

Step 2:
Ad broth to medium-large stock pot
Ad garlic and 1 cup of onion to soup base and simmer

Step 3:
Ad meats to large mixing bowl
Ad egg whites,wheat germ,1/2 cup onion,rice,garlic sea salt blend and pepper to mixing bowl with meat.

Step 4:
With food grade handler gloves carefully fold ingredients in mixing bowl into meat.
Then knead and blend mixture evenly and roll into approximately 1 inch meatballs. Smaller than a golf ball but bigger than a marble
Set aside

Step 5:
Heat olive oil in large deep skillet
Stir soup base

Step 6:
When skillet is heated add as many meatballs to cover bottom of pan but with room to turn them over.
Thoroughly yet lightly,brown meatballs
Ad browned meat balls to soup base
if there are still meatballs left to brown repeat with remaining meatballs.
When all meatballs are in soup carefully ad 1/2 cup water to skillet and stir. Ad heated water from the skillet to the stock pot.

Step 7:
Ad carrots,sunchoke,chayote,celery,zuccini and serrano to the stock pot
Ad remaining water to stock pot and raise heat to a boil
Ad remaining spices except Bay leaf and stir,lower heat,cover and simmer for approx 20 minutes until vegetables are softened

Step 8:
When harder vegetables have softened ad tomato,kale and cilantro.
Stir,ad bay leaf and simmer for another 15 to 20 minutes or until soup reaches your desired consistency.

Serve,let cool a bit and enjoy!



Serving Size: makes approximately 10, 8oz servings with approx 4 meatballs per

Number of Servings: 10

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user CHEEKY13MONKEYS.

Servings Per Recipe: 10
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 260.3
  • Total Fat: 11.5 g
  • Cholesterol: 58.0 mg
  • Sodium: 882.8 mg
  • Total Carbs: 15.5 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 2.8 g
  • Protein: 22.1 g

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