In The Kitchen With Christ

It’s another Souper Sunday! 👰‍♀️🤵‍♂️Today I chose to make Italian Wedding Soup. It was so good on this cold New England Sunday. ☃️
Servings: 6

Yield: 9 cups

Ingredients
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 ⅓ cups chopped onion
⅔ cup chopped carrot
⅔ cup chopped celery
2 tablespoons minced garlic
6 cups chicken broth
6 ounces orzo, ditalini, or other small pasta
1 ½ tsp dried oregano
½ tsp salt
4 cups spinach
¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese
20-24 small chicken meatballs (recipe below)

Directions

Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add onion, carrot, celery and garlic; cook, stirring occasionally, until the onion is translucent, 4 to 5 minutes.

Add broth, cover and bring to a boil. Add pasta, oregano and salt; cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until the pasta is just tender, about 9 minutes.

Stir in meatballs and spinach; cook until the meatballs are heated through and the spinach is wilted, 2 to 4 minutes.

Serve sprinkled with cheese.

Chicken Meatballs

¾ cup breadcrumbs
¼ cup milk
1 large egg, lightly beaten
⅓ cup finely grated Parmesan cheese
1 Tbs dried parsley
2 cloves garlic, minced
½ teaspoon ground pepper
1 Italian chicken sausage link, casing removed (mild or spicy)
12 ounces ground chicken
Directions

Position a rack in the oven 8 inches from the heat source; preheat broiler to high. Lightly coat a rimmed baking sheet with cooking spray.

Combine breadcrumbs and milk in a medium bowl; let stand for 10 minutes.

Stir egg, cheese, parsley, garlic and pepper into the breadcrumb mixture. Break sausage into small pieces. Add the sausage and chicken to the breadcrumb mixture, gently mixing until just combined.

Form the mixture into 24 meatballs, about 1 tablespoon each. Arrange the meatballs on the prepared baking sheet. Broil until an instant-read thermometer inserted in the center of a meatball registers 165 degrees F, 9 to 10 minutes.

Adapted from a recipe from Eatingwell.com

🍍 an easy way to make a decadent dessert to Doctor a box cake mix. Use a yellow cake mix and substitute pineapple juice for the water. Prepare your pan with 1/4 cup melted butter, the spread 1/2 cup brown sugar over the butter. Spread one can drained crushed pineapple over the sugar. Pour batter over pineapple and bake as directed on box. Turn out onto a plate immediately after removing from oven.
not every recipe has to be completely from scratch, that’s why they make box mixes. Enjoy.

🍋There are certain types of muffins that are standards-Blueberry, corn, pistachio, and of course, lemon poppyseed. Here is a nice, moist, tasty muffin.

Lemon Poppyseed Muffins

2 ¼ cups flour
2 tsps baking powder
¼ tsp baking soda
2 Tbsp poppyseeds
¼ tsp salt
1 cup sugar
2 Tbsp lemon zest
1 cup yogurt or sour cream
1/3 cup milk
½ cup melted butter
2 large eggs
1 Tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp vanilla

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Line 18 muffins pan wells with paper liners.
In a large bowl mix together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and poppyseeds. In a separate bowl mix together sugar lemon zest, lemon juice, sour cream (or yogurt), milk, melted butter, eggs, and vanilla. Whisk until smooth. Pour into dry mixture and mix only until combined. Scoop into paper lined muffin pan. Bake 15-17 minutes until tops are golden and toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.