Soup's On!

 Baby, It's Cold Outside!

Today is the first day of above freezing temperatures in 7 whole days!! Yikes! On cold days, like these, I really just want to enjoy a good, hot, steamy bowl of delicious soup.

This is a meatball soup I made using ground beef, Italian bread crumbs, oregano, 2 eggs, finely grated Parmesan cheese, and minced fresh garlic. In the soup pot, I first sauteed chopped leeks, onion and garlic in a little olive oil until the vegetables started smelling really good. Then I added a can of chopped tomatoes with juice, a little tomato paste, and some chicken broth and beef broth; I let it simmer for awhile before I gently added the meatballs. They took about 20 to 30 minutes to cook, and after that time, I added a whole bunch of fresh spinach to the pot. Boy, was this good!

And here's a picture of the meatball soup dished up and made pretty with small salad pasta added and topped with a good sprinkling of fresh Parmesan cheese. Very satisfying!