Reviewed: Apr. 25, 2012

Before I give this recipe my opinionated shake, I have to admit I changed it a bit. First, I used ground turkey for the meatballs instead of beef. I added some pepper flakes to them too. I did the same soup base but I didn't have any frozen mixed vegetables, so instead I used frozen peas and corn. In addition, I used a little fresh onion, celery and added some coleslaw mix that needed using. I skipped the pasta all together. This was good, the flavor of carrots was prominent but that didn't bother my family in the least. We served it with a pinch of parm on top. My boys ate 2 huge bowls of it.

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MesaMa

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Seattle, Washington, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 8, 2012

This soup is awesome..definitely worth making on a cold winter day. I added canned corn, frozen peas & baby spinach instead of the bag of frozen vegs & it was sooo good.

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SharonC

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Wakefield, Massachusetts, USA

Living In: Windham, Maine, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 7, 2011

We loved this soup so much. I did have to substitue 2 bags of frozen mixed vegies as I was out of the other vegies and that worked out great because there was no chopping involved. I was also out of french onion soup mix so I had to substitute a dry onion soup mix I found on this site by faye522, and we ended up loving the flavor of the homemade one. The meatballs have an incredible taste, I wouldn't change a thing about them. We serve this soup with parmesan and italian bread. Delish!

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thischicagogirl

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Reviewed: Jun. 12, 2011

My ENTIRE family loved this, which is a rare thing for everyone to like the same thing! It was great!! Things I did different in meatballs: I used 2 LBS hamburger, 2 pks pork stove top stuffing instead of bread crumbs, 4 eggs, 1/2 cup of water. Soup: I did everything it asked for besides dry onion soup mix, frozen mixed vegs. Instead I added canned corn, canned chopped chilies, chopped onion.

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CLS89

Home Town: Holtville, California, USA

Living In: Rock Springs, Wyoming, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 13, 2011

This was so good! I used shells instead of alphabet noodles and provolone instead of the Parmesan cheese. My fiance said the texture of the meatballs was wonderful! I added some paprika, and garlic powder for extra zing. I love that you can add so many different ingredients to this soup and it will still be really good. Thanks! Will make again soon.

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aimeee8998

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, USA

Living In: Austin, Texas, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 25, 2011

Very good soup, I used shredded cabbage, added 2 crushed fresh tomatoes, add some celery, and green pepper (instead of mixed veggies), and instead of the pasta, I used 1/2 cup uncooked rice. It tasted really good. Thanks for the recipe.

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walkiria hauptmann

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Jan. 10, 2011

We used sea shell pasta instead of alphabet. Minor adjustments really. But this was really great. My wife ate it about 4 different times for leftovers.

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MTCHYG

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Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Montrose, Michigan, USA

Living In: Lansing, Michigan, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 5, 2010

This recipe was great! Here's what I did a bit different. Only used 16oz bag of frozen veggies and used orzo pasta because that's what I had on hand. The bread crumbs were Italian breadcrumbs and I added about 1tsp Kosher salt and 2tsp of adobo (you could sub Lawry's or poultry season) and 3 eggs total but that was to 2.25lbs of ground beef. It was a perfect ratio of vegetables to pasta to broth meatballs. I added just under 60 meatballs to the soup and froze the rest.The last change was adding a small can of tomato sauce. The recipe for me made about 9 servings and of course I have about 100 mini meatballs for another use! I think if I hadn't added the additional seasoning to the meatballs, they would have been a bit bland. Excellent soup!

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LADYDRAKE

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Charleston, South Carolina, USA

Reviewed: Sep. 22, 2010

I didn't change anything and thought this recipe was OK. I think next time, I will add less vege's but throw in some celery and add V8 to the broth for flavor. It is very thick, more like a stew.

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Graden

Reviewed: Sep. 3, 2010

This was easy and delicious!!!! Based on the suggestions by other reviewers, here are the changes I made: I only used 2lb of frozen mixed vegetables. No others. I used rotel diced tomatoes instead of stewed tomatoes. I added 1 can of v-8 juice, 1 tbp. basil, 2 bay leaves, 2 cloves of minced garlic. I used 1.5 lbs of frozen meatballs (about 45) instead of making them. I used 2 cups of uncooked wheel pasta instead of 1 cup of alphabet. This made the EASIEST prep and my family rated it as one of their favorites. We forgot to top it with parmesan and it was still delicious. We had it with sourdough bread too. YUM!!! We will be making it again for sure!

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