Mini Turkey Meatball Vegetable Soup

Ingredients

• Ground turkey

  raw

  20 oz or 570g

• Breadcrumbs

  Cooks' Ingredients, Dried, White - Waitrose

  25g

• Parmesan cheese

  low sodium

  ¼ cup, grated or 25g

• Parsley

  raw

  ¼ cup or 15g

• Egg

  whole

  1 large or 50g

• Onion

  raw

  ¼ cup, sliced or 29g

• Garlic

  raw

  1 cloves, minced or 3g

• Salt

  table

  ¼ tsp or 2g

• Chicken broth

  canned, prepared with equal volume water

  32 oz or 907g

• Olive oil

  2 tsp or 9g

• Onion

  raw

  ½ cup, chopped or 80g

• Carrots

  raw

  1 cup chopped or 128g

• Celery

  cooked, boiled, drained, salted

  ½ cup, diced or 75g

• Garlic

  raw

  2 cloves, minced or 6g

• Tomatoes

  canned, crushed

  1 ¹⁵⁄₁₆ can (15 oz) or 822g

• Rosemary

  100g

• Basil

  2 tbsp, chopped or 5g

• Parsley

  raw

  ¼ cup or 15g

• Salt

  table

  ½ tsp or 3g

• Zucchini

  italian style, canned

  8 oz or 227g

• Spinach

  raw

  2 cup or 60g

• Parmesan cheese

  grated

  100g

• Bay leaf

  dried

  2 tbsp, crumbled or 4g

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400F.
2. In a large bowl, combine ground turkey, breadcrumbs, egg, parsley, onion, garlic, salt and cheese. Using your (clean) hands, gently mix all the ingredients well until everything is combined.
3. Form small meatballs, about 1 tbsp each, you'll get about 42. Bake in the oven about 12 minutes.
4. Meanwhile, heat the oil in a large pot or Dutch oven over medium-high heat.
5. Add the carrots, celery, onion, garlic and saute until tender and fragrant, about 15 minutes.
6. Add the broth, tomatoes, parmesan cheese rind, salt and pepper.
7. Add the rosemary,bay leaves, basil and parsley, cover and cook on low 40 minutes.
8. Remove the bay leaves, rosemary sprig, parmesan rind and drop the meatballs in along with the zucchini and spinach, cover and simmer until the zucchini is tender and meatballs are cooked through, about 8 to 10 minutes, season to taste with salt and black pepper if needed.
9. Serve with extra grated cheese on the side if desired.
10. Recipe by: Gina (source: https://www.skinnytaste.com/mini-turkey-meatball-vegetable-soup/)