We LOVED this recipe! I made very minor tweaks - I cooked a small chicken and used the broth/chicken for the base. I also used Hillshire Farms turkey kielbasa instead of sausage links, and did not add shrimp because of shellfish allergies. Everything else was the same and it was outstanding.

Reviewed On: Feb. 8, 2012

This soup is delicious! I had a ham hock to use up so I cooked the hock and used the broth as the base for the soup instead of water. I used kielbasa instead of bratwurst since it's what I had, but followed the rest of the recipe exactly as it's written. This is a keeper.

Reviewed On: Jan. 10, 2012

We LOVED this recipe. Served it to company and they asked for the recipe. Both the meatballs and the sauce were excellent. I made only the slightest variations; I made a triple batch and used 2 pounds of lean (93 percent) ground beef and 1 pound of ground pork. Also, I didn't have bread for fresh crumbs, so I just used seasoned panko. I did cut the bread crumbs in half since I was serving some diabetics who are carb conscious, and the meatballs were still outstanding. Also, I made mine in the crockpot so I didn't saute the garlic and onion ahead of time - I added it fresh in the crockpot and bypassed the olive oil and the sauce was perfect. For Newbie - it's two 28-ounce cans, for a total of 56 ounces.

Reviewed On: Jul. 10, 2011