Albondigas Soup

Ingredients

• Beef Meatballs

  Tesco

  200g

• Olive oil

  Salad or cooking

  1 tsp or 5g

• Onions

  Raw

  ¼ cup, sliced or 29g

• Garlic

  Raw

  1 clove or 3g

• Carrots

  Raw

  ½ cup chopped or 64g

• Beef broth soup

  Bouillon, consomme, prepared with equal volume water

  2 ½ cup or 603g

• Tomatoes

  Red, ripe, canned, packed in tomato juice

  ½ can or 95g

• Tomato sauce

  Canned

  1 tsp or 5g

• Cumin

  Spices, cumin seed

  ½ tsp, ground or 2g

• Oregano

  Spices, dried

  ½ tsp, ground or 0.9g

• Zucchini

  Summer squash, includes skin, raw

  1 large or 323g

• Fresh cilantro

  Coriander leaves, raw

  1 tbsp or 1g

• Salt

  Table

  1 dash or 0.4g

• Pepper

  Spices, black

  1 dash or 0.1g

Directions

1. Heat the olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add the onion and carrot and cook for 3-4 minutes.
2. Add the garlic and cook for 30 seconds. Add the beef broth, tomatoes, tomato sauce, cumin and oregano to the pot. Bring to a simmer.
3. Simmer for 10 minutes. Drop the meatballs into the soup and simmer for an additional 10 minutes.
4. Add the zucchini and cook for 5 minutes more. Season the soup with salt and pepper to taste.
5. Sprinkle with chopped cilantro, then serve.