Soup's On - Try this Hearty Italian Wedding Soup

My friend Anne came to spend the night in February and brought along a pot of this Italian wedding soup that she had gotten off the back of a box of chicken broth.  She made some changes, like making up her own Italian sausage, added some pasta, and using kale instead of spinach. 

When I took the first bite, I had to savor it.  The combination of flavors and textures made this an incredible bowl of soup. In fact I think I ate about two bowls! I love a soup that can become a main dish with some garlic bread and a salad. 

ITALIAN WEDDING SOUP

1.  Prepare vegetables:

(1) Chop 1 onion

(2)  Grate or julienne 2 carrots

(3)  Chop 1 stalk of celery

(4)  Mince 2 cloves garlic

2.  Saute vegetables in 1 T of olive olive oil until onions are translucent in large pot

3.  Add two 32 oz.containers GF chicken broth.  You may want to add an additional can to stretch the broth.  Then stir in 1 teaspoon of Italian seasoning.

4.  Cook Italian sausages and then cut into rings or make your own.  My friend Anne who gave me this recipe told me she mixed ground turkey, cornstarch and Italian seasoning together and made them into meatballs and fried them.  Add them to the broth. 

 

5.  Let this soup simmer a few hours.

6.  Before serving cook up half a bag of gluten free penne pasta. Use it to add separately to the bowls.

7.  Bring soup to a boil. Then add kale (original recipe called for 2 cups of spinach, both work)

8.  Bring the soup down to a simmer.  Let the soup simmer till kale or spinach is soft and flavors have blended.

List of My Favorite Soups, Chili & Stew Recipes: 

Beef 

Grandma's Favorite Beef Stew  (My mother-in-law's delicious recipe!)

Just Like Home Ukrainian Borscht   (A Polish student  said this tasted like his mom's!)
Mouth Watering Italian  Sausage Soup   (This is my friend Debbie's recipe)

Poultry

This is the Best Gluten Free Minestrone Soup!   (A recipe my son modified)

Mexican Fiesta Chicken Soup   (A recipe I got years ago from a Mexican cookbook)
My Thanksgiving Turkey Soup  (My very own special concoction!)
Gary's Incredible Gluten Free Arkansas Gumbo  (Given to me by a Bible study friend from Arkansas)
Jeannie's French Market Soup  (A friend from when my kids were little)
Southwest Turkey Soup  (From my Syre School cookbook)

Fish
Northwest Salmon Chowder  (From my Heritage School cookbook)
Almost Like Ivar's Clam Chowder (From my Come & Dine Cookbook)

Bean & Legumes
Vi's Best Chili  (A  Bible study friend's great recipe)
Bethany's Crowd Pleasing Tortilla Soup  (One of my daughter's friends special soup)
Country Style Lentil Soup   (From my Heritage School cookbook)
Kathy's Texas Chili & Chips (From my Come & Dine cookbook)
Spicy Cuban Black Bean Soup (From a store recipe card)
Marilyn's Make It From Scratch Chili  (From my mother-in-law)
Lisa's Red Lentil Soup - From my friend Lisa

Vegetable

Downright Delicious Potato & Kale Soup  (From my daughter-in-law's family cookbook)
A Great Fall Soup - Make it From Scratch Corn Potato Chowder  (From my Heritage School Cookbook)
French Pumpkin Soup  (From my Heritage School Cookbook)

Asian
Chinese Chicken Soups  - Bok choy chicken, chicken & spinach, and chicken & cabbage (Modified from Internet search by our Chinese students)
Make Your Own Gluten Free Chicken Pho!  (Modified from a newspaper article)
Gluten Free Chinese Hot Pot  (Modified by a Chinese student)
Chinese Egg Drop Soup  &  Chinese Egg & Tomato Soup  (Modified  from a student's recipe)

Vegetarian & Gluten Free Tom Yum Soup (A delicious Thai soup) 
Deluxe Miso Soup (Kenchinjiru)   (Adapted from Internet search)
A Thai Mom Teaches Me How to Make Tom Yum Kung  (A student's mom's recipe)
A Vietnamese Cooking Lesson - Lien's Vietnamese Sweet & Sour Soup  (An International student's aunt's recipe)
Cooking Beef Pho for Vietnamese Students  (Modified Recipe)
Asian Curried Chicken Soup  (From my Come & Dine church cookbook)
Rose's Very Own Recipe for Chinese Beef Bone Soup  (from Rose my friend from Taipei)