Recipe: Tasty Maggie's Magnificent Meatball Minestrone Soup

Maggie's Magnificent Meatball Minestrone Soup.

You can cook Maggie's Magnificent Meatball Minestrone Soup using 26 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Maggie's Magnificent Meatball Minestrone Soup

1. It's of meatballs.
2. It's of ground beef.
3. It's of eggs.
4. It's of garlic powder.
5. Prepare of envelopes Lipton onion soup mix.
6. You need of breadcrumbs.
7. It's of soup base.
8. It's of beef broth (32 oz. each).
9. Prepare of chicken broth (32 oz. each).
10. It's of spicy vegetable juice (V8).
11. Prepare of red wine vinegar.
12. Prepare of port wine.
13. You need of other ingredients.
14. Prepare of (11 oz.) barley (quick-cooking barley works).
15. Prepare of (5 each) sweet Italian sausage links, cut into bite-size pieces.
16. Prepare of sliced mushrooms.
17. You need of onions, chopped.
18. Prepare of baby carrots, cut into thirds.
19. It's of red bell pepper, seeded and chopped.
20. It's of yellow bell pepper, seeded and chopped.
21. It's of (16 oz.) green beans.
22. Prepare of (16 oz.) kidney beans.
23. It's of fresh or frozen corn.
24. You need of garnish.
25. Prepare of Crutons.
26. Prepare of Fresh grated parmesan cheese.

Maggie's Magnificent Meatball Minestrone Soup step by step

1. In large bowl, mix together the meatball ingredients. Shape into bite-sized meatballs (I use a small cookie dough scoop) and place in baking dish. Bake at 350°F for 20 minutes. Drain excess fat..
2. Pour soup base ingredients into HUGE (7.5 quart) stockpot. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium. Add the barley, carrots, bell peppers, beans, and corn. Stir then cover..
3. In large electric skillet, heat 2 T. vegetable oil. Add onions and fry for about 15 minutes, then add the sausage and fry another 15 minutes. Add the mushrooms, stir, and cook 10 minutes more. Add this mixture to your pot of soup, add the prepared meatballs, stir, cover and simmer several hours until carrots are tender..