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