I love an easy healthy soup recipe, because I can make it for dinner and then serve it multiple times during the week! Enter this grain-free easy soup with meatballs and vegetables. You cook it once, then slurp on it whenever you don’t have time to make a meal and you’re hungry.
And if you get sick of it at one point, add some tomato paste and simmer it down for 5 minutes. Add garlic and basil and turn it into meatballs in garlic tomato sauce. So GOOD. I love a good leftover makeover too. Here’s what you need for this easy meatball soup without any grains:
Meatballs And Vegetables Soup Ingredients
Ground meat. I used lean ground beef, turkey or chicken should work as well.
Vegetables. The usual soup vegetable suspects – potatoes, onion and carrot are here, but we also have some surprise guests like a little bit of red chili pepper, garlic, tomato and fresh basil that makes it really good.
Herbs, Olive oil, Salt and Pepper. Add some dried herbs like oregano and mint as well as salt and lots of black pepper to make a tasty broth.
Lemon juice and egg yolk. This combo will make the healthy meatball soup a bit creamier without using actual cream.
Water or Stock. Or you can do both. I never have stock, so I usually go for water. Here it’s important to add a good amount of salt, so that the soup doesn’t turn out bland.
How To Make Meatballs And Vegetables Soup
The first step here is to make the meatballs for the soup recipe. In this case, we’re using some grated potatoes, meat, black pepper, mint, a little bit of cumin and salt.
Mix those together and shape meatballs.
Thinly chop an onion, carrot, the rest of the potatoes, red chili pepper (optional), tomato (or grate it) and basil. Mince the garlic.
Add the meatballs, potatoes, carrot, onion, chili pepper, tomato and garlic to a cooking pot.
Cover with water (about 4 cups), then bring to a boil. This can take a while, but once boiling, reduce the heat and simmer the soup for 30 minutes.
In the last minutes, have a taste and add salt and pepper as needed. Then add the basil to the soup.
Last thing – add the egg yolk to a bowl and mix it with lemon juice or if you want – vinegar. Ladle some of the broth from the soup into this bowl and mix. Repeat a few times (3-4 ladles) until the soup temperature evens out with the temperature of this mixture. Then add the mixture to the soup and turn the heat off.
Serve immediately and enjoy!
How To Store And Reheat
You can store the grain-free meatballs and vegetables soup in an airtight container in the fridge. Whenever hungry – reheat on the stove or if you don’t have access to a stove – the microwave will do too.
More Easy Healthy Soup Recipes
I hope you enjoy this easy healthy grain-free meatball soup! Here are some other easy and healthy soup recipes you can try:
Easy Meatballs And Vegetables Soup
This is a delicious homemade grain-free easy soup with meatballs and vegetables that you can enjoy for dinner or lunch!
Ingredients
Meatballs
- 10oz/280g lean ground beef
- 1 tbsp mint
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1/3 cup potato, grated
- Salt & pepper
Soup
- 1 onion, thinly chopped
- 1/2 carrot or 1 small, chopped, small
- 1 1/2 potatoes, chopped, small cubes*
- 1 tbsp thinly chopped red chili
- 4-5 cups water or stock (I use water)
- 1 small tomato, blended or thinly chopped
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp oregano
- a handful of fresh basil, thily chopped
- 1 egg yolk
- 1-2 tsp Lemon juice or vinegar
- salt and pepper
Instructions
- First, make the meatballs. In this case we're using some grated potatoes, ground meat, black pepper, mint, a little bit of cumin and salt. Mix those together and shape meatballs.
- Thinly chop the onion, carrot, the rest of the potatoes, red chili pepper (optional), tomato (or grate it) and basil. Mince the garlic.
- Add the potatoes, carrot, onion, chili pepper, tomato, meatballs and garlic to a cooking pot. Cover with water (about 4 cups), then bring to a boil. This can take a while, but once boiling, reduce the heat and simmer the soup for 30 minutes.
- In the last minutes, have a taste and add salt and pepper as needed as well as more water/stock if needed. Then add the basil to the soup.
- Last thing - add the egg yolk to a bowl and mix it with lemon juice or if you want - vinegar. Ladle some of the broth from the soup into this bowl and mix. Repeat a few times (3-4 ladles) until the soup temperature evens out with the temperature of this mixture. Then add the mixture to the soup and turn the heat off.
- Serve immediately and enjoy!
Notes
*altogether for the recipe we need 2 medium-sized potatoes - some grated for the meatballs, some chopped in the soup
Nutrition Information
Yield 4 Serving Size 1Amount Per Serving Calories 330Total Fat 14gSaturated Fat 4gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 8gCholesterol 110mgSodium 360mgCarbohydrates 26gFiber 3gSugar 6gProtein 25g