Meatball Minestrone Soup

Name: Meatball Minestrone Soup
Prep time: 8 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 28 min
Ingredients: 2 garlic cloves, crushed; 1 onion, diced; 1 celery stick, chopped; 2 carrots, diced; 1 tsp dried oregano; 125 g pasta (macaroni or another small pasta shape); crusty bread for dipping; 12 beef meatballs; 2 tbsp tomato purée; 2 x 400 g tins chopped tomatoes; 125 g pasta (macaroni or another small pasta shape); 125 g pasta (macaroni or another small pasta shape)

Preparation info

Serves:
4

Difficulty
Complex
Ready in
30 min

Appears in

We're Hungry!

By Ciara Attwell

Published 2021

About

This is the ultimate comfort food to serve up on a cold winter’s evening to your hungry brood. It’s hearty and filling and very kid-friendly too.

Ingredients

1 onion, diced
2 garlic cloves, crushed
2 carrots, diced
1

Starter
Soup
Winter

Method

Put all the ingredients except the meatballs into a large freezer bag. Mix well with a spoon and then add the meatballs.
Push out the air from the bag and then seal.
Freeze flat for up to 3 months.
Defrost in a large bowl in the fridge overnight and then cook either on the hob or slow cooker.
Serve with crusty bread.