Sometimes you just can’t leave the house and you have to pull from the pantry. That’s how I came up with was this quick but hearty soup. (If you don’t have pastina you could use rice just as well.) Even the meat-hating Kid loves this!

ingredients:
2 cans chicken broth
4 cups water
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
1/8th teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon oregano
2 cloves chopped garlic
2 cups meatballs (I keep these in my freezer)
1/2 cup corn
1/4 cup pastina (tiny pasta)

I like to make meatballs from scratch and then just keep them in the freezer. I like to use this recipe – ifreezing them for later makes it easy to add them to pastas, or soups or sometimes I just give them to the boys as a main dish. Otherwise just buy frozen meatballs for this recipe.

In a large pot add the chicken broth and water and bring to a boil. Add the onion powder, paprika, oregano and chopped garlic.

Then add the meatballs, corn and pastina.

Pastina is just super tiny pasta. I like it because it adds a little heft to a soup but without being large pieces of pasta overwhelming the soup. If you don’t have pastina you can substitute with rice instead. Just cook until the pasta or rice is softened.

I like to serve this soup with Sweet Cornbread Muffins, the Kids love this meal on a cold winter’s day. (It’s 75 degrees here in November, shh.)

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