Recipe: Perfect Maggie's Magnificent Meatball Minestrone Soup

Maggie's Magnificent Meatball Minestrone Soup.

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

Ingredients of Maggie's Magnificent Meatball Minestrone Soup

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