Mom's Tomato/veggie Meatballs Soup

Total Time: 2 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 2 (1 1/2 ounce) packages knorr vegetable soup mix
• 4 1/4 cups chicken stock
• 6 -8 celery hearts, finely chopped
• 1 big potato, finely chopped
• 1 large onion, finely chopped
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• water, to fill up to 3/4 of pot
• 2 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste
• 1 lb hamburger (80% lean)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1/2 lb spaghetti, broken into 1/3

Recipe

• 1 put dry soup and stock in big pot.
• 2 add celery, potato and onion.
• 3 fill the water to 3/4 level in pot.
• 4 bring to boil, turn to low, very gentle simmer one hour and half, stirring every other 15 mins or so until veggie is tender.
• 5 prepare meatballs:.
• 6 mix hamburger, salt and pepper and rolls into 3/4" place on plate, set aside in fridge.
• 7 add meatballs, tomato pastes and broken noodles to pot and continue cooking 1/2 hour more or until meatballs and noodles are done
• 8 *note: if the soup is a little too thick, add more water if necessary.