KK's Italian Meatball Soup

Name: KK's Italian Meatball Soup
Total time: 45
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons olive oil, or as needed; 1 cup chopped onion; 2 carrots, chopped; 1 stalk celery, chopped; 4 cloves garlic, chopped; 5 ¼ cups chicken broth; 2 ½ cups water; 2 (14 ounce) cans white beans, drained and rinsed; 20 frozen cooked small meatballs; 1 (5 ounce) bag baby spinach, coarsely chopped; ½ cup finely grated Asiago cheese; salt and ground black pepper to taste

Recipe by Tellico Cook from allrecipes.com

45 Mins.

Ingredients

8 servings

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2 tablespoons olive oil, or as needed
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1 cup chopped onion
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2 carrots, chopped
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1 stalk celery, chopped
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4 cloves garlic, chopped
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5 ¼ cups chicken broth

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2 ½ cups water
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2 (14 ounce) cans white beans, drained and rinsed
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20 frozen cooked small meatballs
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1 (5 ounce) bag baby spinach, coarsely chopped
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½ cup finely grated Asiago cheese
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salt and ground black pepper to taste

Instructions

Heat oil in a large pot over high heat. Saute onion, carrots, celery, and garlic until onion is pale golden, about 4 minutes. Pour broth and water into pot; cover the pot and bring mixture to a boil.
Stir beans and meatballs into broth mixture; bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low, cover the pot, and simmer, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are tender and meatballs are heated through, about 20 minutes.
Mix spinach, Asiago cheese, salt, and pepper into soup; simmer until spinach wilts, about 1 minute.