This recipe for Italian meatball soup is a “savory” entry in our March Recipe Madness Contest, created and submitted by Kim Van Dunk. To qualify, the recipe contains 8 ingredients or less.
Special Diet Notes: Italian Meatball Soup
By ingredients, this recipe is dairy-free / non-dairy, egg-free, gluten-free, peanut-free, and soy-free. If gluten-free is not a concern for your family, you can use wheat bread in place of the gluten-free bread.
- 7 cups chicken stock
- 2¼ cups organic jarred tomato sauce (I used a sauteed onion and garlic variety)
- 1 cup unsweetened milk alternative, divided
- 2½ cups sliced carrots (1/4" thick coins)
- 15 oz. can cannellini beans, drained, rinsed
- 1½ teaspoons sea salt, divided**
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 2 slices gluten free bread (Udi's White Loaf)
- 1 pound lean groun turkey (white meat)
- 4 cups finely chopped kale leaves
- Place the stock, tomato sauce, and ⅔ cup almond milk into a soup pot. Whisk together.
- Add in the sliced carrots, beans, ½ teaspoon sea salt, and black pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer.
- Place the bread slices into a bowl. Cover with the remaining ⅓ cup almond milk. Allow to sit for 2 minutes. Mash up with a fork to create a paste. Stir in ¼ teaspoon sea salt. Fold in the ground turkey meat. Form miniature meatballs (about 1 teaspoon is size). Drop the meatballs directly into the soup.
- Cook the soup for 1 hour.
- Turn the heat off. Stir in the chopped kale. Serve.