Recipe: Yummy Maggie's Magnificent Meatball Minestrone Soup

Maggie's Magnificent Meatball Minestrone Soup.

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

Ingredients of Maggie's Magnificent Meatball Minestrone Soup

1. It's of meatballs.
2. Prepare of ground beef.
3. Prepare of eggs.
4. Prepare of garlic powder.
5. It's of envelopes Lipton onion soup mix.
6. Prepare 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. You need of red wine vinegar.
12. It's of port wine.
13. Prepare of other ingredients.
14. You need of (11 oz.) barley (quick-cooking barley works).
15. It's of (5 each) sweet Italian sausage links, cut into bite-size pieces.
16. It's 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. You need of yellow bell pepper, seeded and chopped.
21. It's of (16 oz.) green beans.
22. You need of (16 oz.) kidney beans.
23. You need of fresh or frozen corn.
24. You need of garnish.
25. You need of Crutons.
26. It's 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..