Recipe: Appetizing Maggie's Magnificent Meatball Minestrone Soup

Maggie's Magnificent Meatball Minestrone Soup.

You can have Maggie's Magnificent Meatball Minestrone Soup using 26 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Maggie's Magnificent Meatball Minestrone Soup

1. It's of meatballs.
2. You need of ground beef.
3. You need of eggs.
4. It's of garlic powder.
5. It's of envelopes Lipton onion soup mix.
6. You need of breadcrumbs.
7. Prepare of soup base.
8. Prepare of beef broth (32 oz. each).
9. You need of chicken broth (32 oz. each).
10. Prepare of spicy vegetable juice (V8).
11. Prepare of red wine vinegar.
12. Prepare of port wine.
13. It's of other ingredients.
14. Prepare of (11 oz.) barley (quick-cooking barley works).
15. Prepare of (5 each) sweet Italian sausage links, cut into bite-size pieces.
16. You need of sliced mushrooms.
17. You need of onions, chopped.
18. It's of baby carrots, cut into thirds.
19. Prepare of red bell pepper, seeded and chopped.
20. It's of yellow bell pepper, seeded and chopped.
21. You need of (16 oz.) green beans.
22. It's of (16 oz.) kidney beans.
23. It's of fresh or frozen corn.
24. Prepare of garnish.
25. It's of Crutons.
26. Prepare of Fresh grated parmesan cheese.

Maggie's Magnificent Meatball Minestrone Soup instructions

1. In large bowl, mix together the meatball ingredients. Shape into bite-sized meatballs (I use a small cookie dough scoop) and place in baking dish. Bake at 350°F for 20 minutes. Drain excess fat..
2. Pour soup base ingredients into HUGE (7.5 quart) stockpot. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium. Add the barley, carrots, bell peppers, beans, and corn. Stir then cover..
3. In large electric skillet, heat 2 T. vegetable oil. Add onions and fry for about 15 minutes, then add the sausage and fry another 15 minutes. Add the mushrooms, stir, and cook 10 minutes more. Add this mixture to your pot of soup, add the prepared meatballs, stir, cover and simmer several hours until carrots are tender..