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Slow Cooker Italian Meatball Soup

Name: Slow Cooker Italian Meatball Soup
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 2 h 45 min
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: 2 cans Petite diced tomatoes; 4 cups Unsalted chicken stock; 40 Frozen Italian-style meatballs; 1 ½ cups Water; ½ teaspoon Kosher salt; ½ teaspoon Ground black pepper; 10 ounces Frozen chopped spinach; 2 cups Dry ditalini; to taste Grated parmesan cheese

Five minutes of prep, then the slow cooker takes it.

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Prep5 min

Slow Cook2 hr 45 min

Serves8

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This is a pantry-and-freezer soup: canned tomatoes, frozen meatballs, frozen spinach, dry pasta. It tastes like you tried much harder than you did.

Ingredients

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8 servings or type

2 cans Petite diced tomatoes

4 cups Unsalted chicken stock

40 Frozen Italian-style meatballs

1 ½ cups Water

½ teaspoon Kosher salt

½ teaspoon Ground black pepper

10 ounces Frozen chopped spinach

2 cups Dry ditalini

to taste Grated parmesan cheese

Steps

In a 6-quart slow cooker, stir the tomatoes with their juice, stock, meatballs, water, salt, and pepper. Cover and cook on high 2 hours or low 4 hours.
Stir in the spinach and pasta; cook on high 45 minutes or low 1 hour, until the pasta is tender. Makes about 12 cups.
Ladle into bowls and shower with parmesan.

Tip: Keep frozen meatballs and spinach on hand and this soup is always fifteen minutes of actual effort away.

Slow Cooker Italian Meatball Soup

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