Easy Italian Wedding Soup

Rating: 4.25 stars
8 Ratings
  • 5 star values: 4
  • 4 star values: 2
  • 3 star values: 2
  • 2 star values: 0
  • 1 star values: 0

Forget the marble-size meatballs you find in many versions of this soup. In this easy recipe, they're full-size, full-flavored and plenty filling.

Robin Bashinsky
Source: EatingWell Magazine, January/February 2019

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Recipe Summary

active:
20 mins
total:
20 mins
Servings:
6

Nutrition Profile:

Nutrition Info
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Ingredients

Directions

  • Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add onion, carrot, celery and garlic; cook, stirring occasionally, until the onion is translucent, 4 to 5 minutes. Add broth, cover and bring to a boil. Add orzo, oregano and salt; cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until the orzo is just tender, about 9 minutes.

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  • Stir in meatballs and spinach; cook until the meatballs are heated through and the spinach is wilted, 2 to 4 minutes. Serve sprinkled with cheese and drizzled with the remaining 3 tablespoons oil.

Associated Recipes

Easy Italian Chicken Meatballs

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 1/2 cups
Per Serving:
415 calories; protein 25.8g; carbohydrates 36.1g; dietary fiber 3.7g; sugars 5.2g; fat 19g; saturated fat 4.7g; cholesterol 100.6mg; vitamin a iu 5269.9IU; vitamin c 20.3mg; folate 22.9mcg; calcium 165.3mg; iron 3.4mg; magnesium 67.6mg; potassium 680.9mg; sodium 728mg.
Exchanges:

2 fat, 1 1/2 lean protein, 1 1/2 starch, 1 1/2 vegetable, 1/2 medium-fat protein

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Reviews (4)

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8 Ratings
  • 5 star values: 4
  • 4 star values: 2
  • 3 star values: 2
  • 2 star values: 0
  • 1 star values: 0
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Mae
Rating: 5 stars
02/13/2021
The best Italian Wedding Soup! Read More
GSB
Rating: 4 stars
12/03/2019
Sounds good and I made it. Backed off on the garlic based on other reviews. But seriously if making this takes 20 minutes it would take me 3 years to have a baby. Read More
Katie
Rating: 3 stars
01/15/2019
Made no changes. Love garlic but holy cow! 2 TBLS in the broth was too much. Will likely reduce to 2 tsp if I do ever make this again. Read More
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RoseSmith3344
Rating: 5 stars
05/03/2021
Reduced Garlic to 2 tsp and the Flavor was really good! Read More
lgentri
Rating: 3 stars
01/15/2019
I followed the instructions with no changes. I'll make it again with way less garlic. I LOVE garlic but 2 tablespoons in the broth of fresh garlic plus 2 cloves of garlic in the meatballs made our house smell wonderful but we were scraping our tongues! I looked at other recipes that only call for one teaspoon of garlic. I would start with eliminating the garlic from the meatballs and reducing the garlic in the broth to two teaspoons. You can add more later to taste but once it is in there is no going back. This could be a 5 star keeper if the ratio of garlic can be worked out. Read More
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