Lotsa Veggies Meatball Soup (Crock Pot)

Name: Lotsa Veggies Meatball Soup (Crock Pot)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 4 h
Total time: 4 h 10 min
Yield: 6 serving(s)
Ingredients: 3 cups beef broth; 2 cups frozen mixed vegetables, thawed; 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can stewed tomatoes; 15 frozen fully cooked meatballs, thawed; 3 bay leaves; 1/4 teaspoon pepper; 1 cup spiral shaped pasta, cooked and drained

Submitted by Lorraine of AZ

"I really like recipes that make use of frozen mixed vegetables -- I feel so virtuous eating them and have none of the work preparing them.! And this one has frozen meatballs, too. Talk about ease-of-preparation! Recipe from TOH."

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photo by Pamela

Ready In:: 4hrs 10mins
Ingredients:: 7
Serves:: 6

ingredients

3 cups beef broth
2 cups frozen mixed vegetables, thawed
1 (14 1/2 ounce) can stewed tomatoes
15 frozen fully cooked meatballs, thawed
3 bay leaves
¹⁄₄ teaspoon pepper
1 cup spiral shaped pasta, cooked and drained

directions

In a slow cooker, combine the first six ingredients.
Cover and cook on LO for 4-5 hours. (Meanwhile, you can cook the pasta -- or use leftover pasta).
Just before serving, stir in pasta; heat through. Discard bay leaves.

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Reviews

I loved this quick to prepare soup. I doubled the recipe so it would fill my crockpot and didn't thaw the vegetables and meatballs before adding. I had the crockpot on high for 1 hour and on low for another 3 hours. The pasta added at the end was whole wheat rotini. I'll be freezing the leftovers for another day. Thanks for posting.

Dreamer in Ontario
WOW!!!THIS WAS FABULOUS & EASY TOO!!!<br/>Its been getting colder here in the midwest and I was craving a warn bowl of soup. This was that and more! I used a large (29 oz) can of mixed veggies instead of frozen because I had it on hand. I used "The Best Homemade Meatballs" from Family Fun Magazine which I'll post here in a minute. Also used 3/4 of a (16oz) bag of Cavatappi. It turned out AWESOME!!! Thanks for sharing this recipe!!!

ginangino69
I did not have any stewed tomatoes so I added a jar of spaghetti sauce - it was delicious!

cheshir
OH this is deliciouso! I had been making recipe#3511 and love it but needed a walk away from recipe as well. Very flavorful. I froze most (all but 3 seervings). I then made a seperate pot of pasta to add to the 3 servings I kept apart for lunch. I did add 4 cloves of minced garlic for taste. We love garlic here. This is exactly what I need when I am cooking at the stove for the week but want a meal on the table for dinner as well. Thank you! 5 stars for convenience, 5 stars for taste!

Chef1MOM-Connie
This was easy and delicious! I used <a href="/87537">Hubby-Will-Inhale-Them Meatballs</a> for the meatballs and diced tomatoes with garlic and olive oil for the stewed tomatoes. I had this going in my crockpot all day and we could eat a hot meal when we got home. We add the pasta to the individual servings so that the leftovers would not make the pasta too soggy. Thanks for posting :)

Pamela