Jessica Seinfeld's Meatball Soup

I bought Jessica Seinfeld's "Deceptively Delicious" not realizing it relied heavily on adding puree's to your food's. Not that I am not all for adding in extra veggy's where you can, it's just that a) I believe in cooking veggies on there on that are delicious and teaching my daughter to appreciate and like veggies  b) I am too lazy to add in the extra step to puree the veggies to add to my meals and c) the amount of the puree's you add doesn't really amount to much once you serve up the meal.

So as you can imagine, I don't use this cookbook very often. One exception is her Meatball Soup.
For some reason, I just love this soup. It is easy to make, tastes amazing and re-heats wonderfully. Sophie asked for 3 helpings of it last night. THREE!! That's huge for her.

The best part of this soup is it really is full of veggies and it low on calories as well. So double bonus!

Jessica Seinfeld's Meatball Soup


Ingredients:


3 ounces pasta bows
1 small chopped onion
1 (28 ounce) can whole peeled tomatoes w/ juice
1/4 cup carrot puree
1 1/2 tsp salt
3 cups chicken broth
3 slices whole-wheat bread, cubed
1 large egg, lightly beaten
1/4 cup sweet potato puree
1/4 cup nonfat milk
2 Tbsp grated Parmesean cheese, plus more for serving
1/4 tsp pepper
1/4 tsp paprika
1/2 lb lean ground turkey


Directions 1. Cook pasta al dente, drain, set aside.
2. Coat pot w/ nonstick spray, cook onion till soft.
3. Puree tomatoes w/ carrot puree, add to pot w/ 1/2 tsp salt. Add broth, reduce heat to low, cover, simmer for 10-15 min.
4 Mix bread w/ egg, milk, sweet potato puree, Parmesean, 1 tsp salt, paprika, let soak till soft, add turkey. Form into mini meatballs 1/2 inch in diameter.
5. Add the meatballs into the pot. Simmer 10-15 minutes. Stir in pasta. Serve sprinkled w/ Parmeasean. Serves 10.


Number of Servings: 10

My Notes: I don't do carrot puree. I just add carrots right into the blender with the whole tomatoes and blend. I also leave out the sweet potato puree from the meatballs unless I have a left over sweet potato already cooked in the fridge. Additionally, you can really use any shaped pasta. I like Penne personally.

I am actually counting down until lunch so I can go warm it up and enjoy it all over again.