I've never had Italian Wedding Soup before so have nothing to compare it to. It turned out to be a nice lite soup for a warmer than expected day. I made it exactly as written, omitting the green onions and using spinach. A squeeze of lemon juice in the bowl after serving really brightened it up. Next time I'll increase the spinach and orzo. I think I will also brown the meatballs first; they looked pretty anemic!

This recipe gets rave reviews whenever it is served. Use beef, turkey, or your own mixture for the meatballs, it doesn't matter. The soup is terrific and the lemon zest adds a touch not found in most soups.

Very good. I will use this from now on. I also used spinach and ground beef, browned it first.

I made this soup twice and both times I've been asked for recipe. I subbed ground turkey for the beef and kale for the escarole. Very yummy. Thanks for the recipe!

I have been making this recipe for about 4 years now and consider it the best version of wedding soup I have ever tasted. I make a double batch of meatballs from ground sirloin, then bake them at 350 for about 12-15 minutes to get rid of the grease. I then freeze half of them for another day. Definitely use the fresh basil and onion in the meatballs, and the lemon zest in the soup. They are what set this recipe apart from the usual salty wedding soups. It also helps to use homemade or organic chicken broth.

Tastey. I used dried parsley and basil cause i didnt have fresh, i used fesh parmasean.

This is way better than the canned stuff! I made my meatballs with ground turkey and added extra parm. cheese to them. I also didn't have any spinach, so used kale instead, which made it very yummy!

This recipe is wonderful. I recommend everyone trying it once. Due to ingredients I had on hand, I made a few changes: used dried basil and dried parsley instead of fresh; and used dried onions instead of green onions. If you do this you will need to scale down the quantity of those ingredients. This soup has awesome flavor and is very, very easy to prepare. I recommend scaling the recipe up, it says 6 servings, but my boyfriend and I ate all of it in one sitting.

Loved this soup. The only change I made was to add 2 litres of chicken broth (8 cups) and made more meatballs. Excellent. Nest time i will make this using ground veal so the meatballs could be even more tender.

I honestly thought this was mediocre at best. I wasn't crazy about the flavor of it...nothing like Italian Wedding soup I've had and I didn't think the meatball flavor was very good. I'll keep searching.

My family loved it. The fresh basil and lemon are wonderful and fragrant. The only change i made was i didn't have the extra lean ground beef so I boiled the meatballs is water first then drained and added to the chicken broth. Fantastic will make again and again!

This is delicious. I used acini de pepe instead of orzo as others recommended and it was good. fresh parm is a must, as someone suggested. And as other reviewers say, the noodles do double in size and soak up all of the broth, so I will put in fewer noodles next time. It's not hard to make more broth, but why do it twice, right? Great recipe! My husband doesn't usually get as excited about soup as I do, and he liked this a lot.

This is probably the best soup I have ever had. I also used spinach instead of escarole. I made the meatballs with ground baby lamb, and the flavour was fantastic. The lemon rind is a wonderful touch. I also used a cup of shredded carrots. I have used orzo and thought it was good.Next time I will try to find acini de pepe in our little supermarket. Thank you Deena for this wonderful recipe that I will put in our rotating recipe list for sure.

This is goood soup. Will be having leftovers today. I made it with ground turkey and a bag of frozen spinach, thawed. The 16 oz of spinach I used was way too much -- but still very good. I threw in some sliced carrot and mushrooms just because. I also added a squeeze of lemon juice to each bowl. Thanks for an easy, yummy, healthy soup!

Wonderful and very easy!!

It was great! Unbelievably easy to make and quite flavorful. I, too, didn't have the escarole so I used spinach and I used the pepe pasta as well. Thank you!

Great soup and very easy to make! Everyone in my entire family loved it. As a few others suggested, I substituted ground chicken in place of the ground beef... excellent.

I thought this was great, but it needed some additions for my boyfriend and I... Added extra broth, dried oregano, red pepper, about 1 TBSP of soy sauce and a WHOLE bag of sliced baby spinach to the soup. We also used pork for the meatballs. It was VERY yummy and I thank you very much!

Quick, easy and deelish! I used ground chicken for a healthier version and i forgot to add the lemon :( Made this for a late lunch/early dinner served with some sandwiches. Went over pretty well!

I looked for an Orzo recipe because I've had a bag for a while, and I'm so glad I picked this one! I made this exactly as it says except I added 2c of broth because we like lots of liquid. I also had to unfreeze a pound of hamburger to make it, which was fine with me because the kids love the meatballs! This soup was awesome! My 3yo had 3 bowls!