Mom’s Meatball Soup Recipe
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I kept meaning to get Mom’s recipe for this wonderful and easy meatball soup. She’s been making it for years. Because I love the meatballs so much, we put lots of them in this soup (2 lbs!!). You could use 1 lb and adjust the seasoning accordingly, but why? WHY?!!
My Mama and I made this together in her kitchen. I love cooking with Mom. I always learn so much. Everyone loved this soup and there was less than half left after a few hours. I downed two bowls myself and my son loved it too. It’s a winner for sure!
Ingredients for Mom’s Meatball Soup:
15 cups water
1 Tbsp salt
6-8 medium potatoes, cubed
3 medium carrots, thinly sliced
1/2 cup pasta (optional)
1/2 onion, finely diced
2 large sticks of celery, finely diced
3 Tbsp canola oil
1 large egg, lightly beaten (optional)
2 Tbsp Dill, fresh or frozen
Mrs. Dash
Freshly ground black pepper
Ingredients for the Meat Mix:
2 lbs ground pork
1 tsp Mrs. Dash original or Mrs. Dash garlic seasoning
1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
2 tsp salt
1 large egg
1/2 onion, finely diced
How to Make the Best Meatball Soup:
1. Add 15 cups water to a large soup pot over high heat. Add 1 Tbsp salt and all of your chopped potatoes to the soup pot.
2. Bring to a boil and cook 10 minutes. In the mean time, slice your carrots and toss them into the soup pot.
3. Add 1/2 cup of 1/2″ pieces of thin spaghetti to the soup pot or whatever pasta you wish. Pasta is optional, but I’ve always liked it when Mom added it to soups.
4. Chop your onion (1/2 goes into the meat mix and 1/2 goes into the soup in step 7).
5. Place ground pork into a large bowl (Store-bought ground pork works. I ground my own pork on the large grinder holes). Add 1/2 chopped onion, 1 tsp Mrs. Dash, 1/2 tsp fresh ground black pepper, 2 tsp salt, and 1 egg. Mix well.
6. Make meatballs by rolling them in your hands. They don’t have to be perfect, just round-ish. Toss them in your pot as you make them. Recruit a helper for meatballs to liven (and speed) things up. Cook for at least 10 minutes or until meatballs are cooked through and floating at the top.
7. Meanwhile, heat a non-stick skillet over medium/high heat. Add 3 Tbsp canola oil, finely diced celery and onion. I normally don’t like celery in soups, but sautéing enhances the soup’s flavor without being over-the-top celery flavored. Saute until soft and golden. Add it to the pot.
8. Add 1 beaten egg to the soup pot while stirring constantly so you don’t get clumps of egg. If you don’t like egg, you can omit it (the soup won’t miss it).
9. Add 2 Tbsp dill. Then add more Mrs. Dash and Pepper to taste (Mom added about 1/2 tsp dash and 1/4 tsp pepper at the end).
Mom's Meatball Soup Recipe
Ingredients
Soup Ingredients:
Instructions
- Add 15 cups water to a large soup pot over high heat. Add 1 Tbsp salt and all of your chopped potatoes to the soup pot. Bring to a boil and cook 10 minutes.
- In the mean time, slice your carrots and toss them into the soup pot.
- Add 1/2 cup of 1/2" pieces of thin spaghetti to the soup pot or whatever pasta you wish.
- Place ground pork into a large bowl. Add 1/2 chopped onion, 1 tsp Mrs. Dash, 1/2 tsp ground black pepper, 2 tsp salt, and 1 egg. Mix well.
- Make meatballs by rolling them in your hands. Toss them in your pot as you make them. Cook for at least 10 minutes or until meatballs are cooked through and floating at the top.
- Meanwhile, heat a non-stick skillet over medium/high heat. Add 3 Tbsp canola oil, finely diced celery and 1/2 onion. Saute until soft and golden. Add it to the pot.
- Add 1 beaten egg to the soup pot while stirring constantly so you don't get clumps of egg. (Optional).
- Add 2 Tbsp dill. Then add more Mrs. Dash and Pepper to taste. We added about 1/2 tsp dash and 1/4 tsp pepper at the end).
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Would it be possible to use ground beef instead? And could I skip the celery, since I dislike the taste of it?
Hi Janet, that will work. Here’s what one of my readers wrote: “I made it with beef and didn’t had celery , but it taste amazing. For my 6 persons family was exactly 1,2 kg ground beef. Everyone liked it! One of the best fall soups” I hope that helps.
I tried this recipe today and it turned out great. I included the optional ingredients. I will be making this regularly. Thank you for sharing!
You’re very welcome, Amy! I’m glad you loved the recipe.
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Agreed!
I made this soup today. It’s delicious and very easy to make. I will definitely make it again.
I’m so happy you enjoyed that. Thank you for sharing that with us, Vicky!
Wonderful – I’ve made this several times, either ground beef or ground turkey meatballs, and olive oil instead of canola. Never with pasta. Try it with Yukon Gold or Yellow potatoes – they disintegrate and thicken the soup delightfully! The recipe also works as potato soup without the meatballs. Perhaps my ancestors from Berditchev, Ukraine prepared a soup like this?
Perhaps they did! I’m glad you enjoyed this recipe, Rob.
Absolutely delicious! I used frozen Swedish meatballs (thawed)
Thank you for sharing. I’m happy you enjoyed this recipe.
I was really skeptical but oh my word this soup is outstanding! So comforting and flavorful. Thank you for sharing!
Amazing Soup!
I will be back to try a few if your other recipes too!
Thank you so much!!!
I’m so glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for the wonderful review!
My family loved this recipe. It was very tasty and really easy to make. I will make it again for sure. Thanks for the recipe.
I’m so glad your family enjoyed this, we seriously make it like once a week and keep it in the fridge.
Favorite soup. Over the years, We’ve modified the recipe a bit to make it friendly for our diet. We removed the egg, potatoes and spaghetti for our diet restrictions- still tastes amazing! We also use grass fed beef instead of pork, still Fantastic!!
Hello Ali, good to know that you still liked it after removing some of the ingredients in the recipe. Thanks for sharing that with us!
I made this soup for dinner tonight and everyone thought it was delicious and satisfying. This recipe is definitely a keeper! I wasn’t sure about the size of the meatballs. What do you suggest?
I’m glad to hear that, Carol. Thanks for sharing that with us! The meatballs can be medium-sized or bigger if you want, it all depends on your preference.
Hello Natasha, I know you said adding the egg is optional, but what does that do/add to the soup?
Hello there! You can totally omit the egg and you won’t notice the difference. It’s just being added to thicken the soup and enhance the taste.
The recipe, like so many of yours is truly fantastic. Reminds me of mama back in the 30’s when we’d cook together. She tought me to add egg to soup through a coarse strainer with a spoon while stirring the soup slowly and the egg with a spoon. Do that gave you long smooth strings of smooth strands of egg. We didn’t have any pork so we had to use beef with one whole egg. Added 4 cloves of garlic lightly fried in EVOO. Just before we were ready to eat I had mixed emotions about adding pasta. We had some left over home-made spaghetti. Last minute said why not. It was delicious and really complemented the delicious soup.Used Michael White’s recipe to make the pasta.(on Martha Stewart) Your recipes are totally fantastic. Much like mama’s. Looking forward to many more. Took pictures but don’t know how to upload them. Grampa Joe.
PS. Not big on dill, left it out.
Hello Joe. Thank you so much for your great feedback and detailed information on how you liked this recipe. I am so happy to read your message and it inspires me a lot. Thank you and I hope you like all the recipes that you try!
Hello Chef ,,,Thank you for this post today. Its f
kind of funny but I made an almost same soup yesterday ! soup is a good thing yet it seems as though the young adults of today are missing out on such a simple nutritious meal ,,Soups yes good old fashion soup. with Bone broth is a yes oh no time ?? make that Bone Broth in a slow cooker just keep freezing it ,and use it when you have enough ,,, Did your mom really use canola oil,,?? olive safflower corn so much better than a GMO weed base oil ..
Thank you so much for that suggestion and for sharing that with us, Joseph.
very good
I’m glad you enjoyed that!
I made this soup yesterday and it came out amazing. Really tasted like home and how my step mom makes tefteli soup. And my babulya.
Aww that’s so great! I love when food reminds us of home & our childhood!
Do you have a recipe for meatball rice soup
Hi Mildred, you can definitely use rice in this recipe! I haven’t tested that to advise but if you experiment I would love to know how you like this recipe.
Will try rice in place of pasta. Thank you and will let you know how it is
We look forward to your feedback.
I made it with beef and didn’t had celery , but it taste amazing. For my 6 persons family was exactly 1,2 kg ground beef.
Everyone liked it! One of the best fall soups 🙂
Thank you Audra for such a nice review, I’m glad you liked it 😀
can you use beef? i don’t even know where to get ground pork
Hi Gala, Yes you could totally use beef meat instead. My mom has also used ground beef with mushrooms and it tasted great although the beef was a little bit dryer. I think the thigh I meat will be delicious if you chose chicken thighs.
You could try some pork loin and chop it up finely with a sharp large bladed knife. We had the same thing happen and we substituted beef. Would not change it back. It came out fantastic. Tasty, flavorful and meatballs for everyone. Mama and I had meatball soup for the rest of the week and immensely enjoyed each and every meal. Fabulous recipe. But then again, all Natasha’s recipes are out of this world.
I know I’m answering an old post, but I always use medium ground beef. To make the meatballs light and tender, along with all other ingredients, add 2-3 tbsp dry bread crumbs or finely crushed soda crackers + a couple tbsps of a liquid of your choosing, eg. milk, cream, wine, beer, broth. Combine well but don’t overwork the mixture.
Thank you so much for sharing that with me.
Thank you!!!
My family loved it and was quite easy and fast to prepare.
I’m so happy to hear that! Thank you for sharing your great review, Ania!
Okay I have to admit, I was super skeptic all about using water instead of broth! But the result is SO tasty!! Thanks for the wonderful recipe 🙂
You’re welcome! I’m so happy you enjoyed it!
The best…thank you to your Mama. 💜💜☮️ A keeper.
Sounds like you found a new favorite! Thank you for that wonderful feedback, Mary Anne!
Hi,
Im from Australia, what can i use instead of Mr Dash as we don’t sell here?
Thanks
Hi Mirella, you can just use your favorite salt-free seasoning. The ingredients: onion, garlic, carrot, orange peel, tomato, lemon juice powder, citric acid, oil of lemon, spices (black pepper, parsley, celery seed, basil, bay, marjoram, oregano, savory, thyme, cayenne pepper, coriander, cumin, mustard, rosemary.
This was super delicious ! Thank you for sharing the recipe. However I was only able to make half because I didn’t have a big enough pot for 15 cups of water .
I used ground turkey since I don’t eat pork. Also I added fresh squeezed garlic to the soup at the End.
I’m so happy you enjoyed it!!
Or another meat that may work well instead of pork?
Chicken breast will work well also!
Would ground chicken work fine for this?
I think it would work well with either. Ground chicken thighs would probably be the best (it’s the juiciest).
I made this recipe using 1 lb chicken thighs and 1 lb breast- turned out delicious!! My biggest food critic husband absolutely loved it!! And so did our 1 year old baby:) Will be a dinner staple. Thank you!!
Hi Mary! That’s so great! It sounds like you have a new family favorite!
I used chicken breast and the meatballs turned out dry. Thoughts ?
Hi Polina. That is quite common with chicken breast. Dark meat chicken or turkey would have more fat.
Which Mrs. Dash did you use? I looked it up on Google and I found different kinds.. I didn’t see a photo of it in your post
We used the original version. Usually has a yellow label.
I dont usually leave comments but this soup is superb!!! Thank you
Hi Debbie! That’s so great! Thank you for this amazing review!
Thank you for the recipe. I made this yesterday for my 9 month old daughter (she refuses to eat baby food now), and she loved it!
I used nutritional yeast instead of salt and used soft silken tofu instead of onion.
That’s so great Steph! Thank you for sharing that with us!
Yum, thank you for the recipe… I only had ground turkey and dry Dill… but It was delicious 😋.
Dill
Thats great Zhanna! I’m so glad you enjoyed it!
Hi Natasha,
Since I’m only cooking for two, I will be cutting this recipe in half. I still ended up buying 2 lbs of ground pork. Can I make these meatballs and freeze half? How much longer would I need to cook frozen meatballs, or would I thaw them first ? Thanks in advance!!
Hi Julie, I have frozen meatballs for soup in the past but I do prefer to thaw before adding them to the soup otherwise adding frozen meat tends to make the broth murky.
Did I miss where it said how long to let the soup simmer/cook after everything is added? I definitely want my pork meatballs cooked through. Thanks!
Hi Heather, sorry I didn’t specify – it should be about 10 minutes or until meatballs are cooked through. They will be cooked through by the time you are done prepping the vegetables and adding the remaining ingredients. I updated the recipe to specify.
Thank you – I also loved your soup! Used half veal half pork mince and no Mrs Dash in Oz, so bit of herbs like garlic salt, oregano. Love the freshness and hydrating quality of the broth
Thank you so much for sharing that with me!
Thank you for a great recipe! My family loved it!
My pleasure Elena! I’m happy to hear your family enjoys the recipes as much as mine does! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Absolutely wonderful soup! I made this on 26 July 2017. Easy, straight forward recipe, enjoyed not only by me, but the entire Thai family loved it, and they will be heating it up this morning as well! I did not make the Mrs. Dash Seasoning yet so I just seasoned with salt, pepper, spring onion, and the tops from the celery. This is will be a regular here at the house now. Thank you for the wonderful recipe.
You’re welcome Lee! I’m happy to hear that everyone loves the recipe! Thanks for sharing your fantastic review!
I made this soup yesterday, and it was delicious. The only difference I put way more Mrs. Dash into meat mixture. We had it with sour cream, and everyone was in love with it! Thank you!
That sounds delicious! Thanks for sharing your wonderful review 😀
Is there anything I can do to make the liquid more flavorful? I omitted the celery because I really don’t like celery but I feel like the liquid is just salted oily water. Like it’s missing flavor. Any suggestions what I can add? Maybe chicken stock?
Thank you!
Hi Anna, did you use the amount and type of meat (pork) called for in the recipe? It should provide ample flavor to the soup without needing broth unless you substitute with a less flavorful meat. You can definitely replace some of the water with chicken broth, especially if you subbed for another kind of meat. I hope that helps! 🙂
This soup is delicious! Do you ever eat it with sour cream? Thanks so much for the recipe!
Hi Ester, I like the light broths like this without sour cream, but to be honest I’ve never tried it in this soup. Have you?
We did try it with sour cream and we loved it! My daughter ate hers without and also loved it. 🙂
My mom made a soup with rice instead of pasta, and gently sauteed the balls before adding them to soup. It prevents the meat scum from forming. Easy to do by slicking the pan with oil and gently shaking it as the balls get golden. I will try to use the 2 tsp springloaded ice cream scoop to form the balls(I think it’s #70).
Thanks for sharing your tip! 🙂 Yes, the ice scream scoop makes it so easy to form the meatballs! 🙂
Enjoying a bowl as I type this 😉
Mmmm!!!! Thank you for the recipe!
You’re very welcome :). We make this in our house all the time. It’s an adult and kid favorite around here 🙂
My husband hates soups. When I made this recipe, he absolutely loved it!!
Reading your comment is like music to my ears, except it’s my eyeballs – you know what I mean!! 🙂 Thank you for that awesome review! We just finished a pot of this same soup tonight 🙂
How long should the meatballs boil in the soup until fully cooked?
We usually give it a good 5 minutes. They will float to the top. You can test one to be sure 🙂
Thank you for all of your recipes!
You’re so welcome 🙂
This soup is yummy!! I always make it! Exactly how my mom use to make it! Thank you for the recipe!
Vicky, thank you for the great review and the compliment 😀.
Hello, my husband can’t eat red meat. Do you think this recipe would work with ground turkey or chicken?!
Thank You 🙂
I think it would work well with either. Ground chicken thighs would probably be the best (it’s the juiciest).
Hi Natasha
This soup is very yummy! My husband loved the meat balls :). I love all your recepies I have tried most of them :). And they all delicious!!!
Thank you. Hope there be more new ones soon 🙂
I’m so happy you enjoy it :). This one is our family’s favorite and most frequently made soup :).
Hi, Natasha. What I can use to substitute mrs. dash? I live in Asia country
Any all-purpose salt-free seasoning would work. Without knowing what you have available in your grocery stores, it’s difficult to recommend a specific product.
Hi Natasha, thanks for your reply!
So far I only found
MasterFoods All Purpose Seasoning in Tesco eshop here, but the ingredients looks much different with mrs. dash. Probably I will need to try searching for others when I go grocery shopping..
Also need to search for dill. hmm
Oh! By the way, I tried your Borscht soup few days ago, without Dill. Taste nice! Thanks
Have a good day!
Thay was a delicious winter soup. Followed the recipe exactly and wouldn’t change a thing.
This was one the the tastiest soups I ever made! Thank you so much! My family loved it! 🙂
I’m so glad to hear that your whole family loved it! Thank you for sharing that with me.
Thank you for this recipe. It was delicious! This is just like my granny made it, she also used to add celery to her soups!
I used beef instead of pork and it tasted great. This was a little taste of childhood for me!
Irina I’m so happy this soup brings back memories of your Granny’s cooking :). That’s so sweet.
Fantastic. Mum’s to far away to teach me these recipes so this site has provided me food to which my taste buds have missed for a long time. Will continue to use the recipes for a very long time !
I’m so glad you are enjoying the blog and that the food reminds you of your Mom’s cooking 🙂
This soup sooo good!!!! One of my favorite.
I’m so happy you like the recipe!
Dear Natasha, thank you for this recipe. My husband and I loooooved the soup. He even said that it’s better than how his mom makes it, which is always a compliment 🙂
I love getting comments like these :D. Thank you for the great review Rita and you are very welcome.
Hey Natasha, this soup looks so good. However I would like to try it with chicken tigh meat instead of pork. Do u think it will stay together or will it fall apart?
(my husband loves chicken tigh meat, not a big fan of pork) Thank you!
Yes you could totally use chicken thigh meat instead of pork. My mom has also used ground beef with mushrooms and it tasted great although the beef was a little bit dryer. I think the thigh I meat will be delicious.
Thank you:) I used the thighs and it was very good. Even I ate it too.(I’m not a big meat eater) thanks again!
I’m so happy you enjoyed it! Thanks so much for the great review 🙂
can never go wrong with mama’s frikadelki 🙂 love your website.
Very true! Thanks Angela 🙂
Очень вкусно получилось, спасибо Наташа!!!
Правда вместо пасты я использывала уже свареный рис который смешала с мясном, получился рисовомясные шарики
That sounds really really good with rice in the meatballs. I’ll have to try it! Thanks so much for sharing how you made it 🙂
I just made this for my family. I have been trying to make a different soup every couple of days so I decided to try this on for variety. I have never made this soup before, or anything that called for meatballs really lol, but it was so easy! I followed the recipe almost exactly except I used chicken instead of pork and the meatballs were light and wonderful. I also omitted the egg because I forgot about it. One more addition was one Knorr chicken bouillon cube for flavor. My whole family was crazy about it, and my four year old said “mama you are the best cooker ever!”. Will definitely make it again. Thanks!!!
What’s sweet comment from your 4 yr old! I’m so happy you all liked it 🙂
I made this soup with lamb meatballs! So far so good!
Oh that’s good to know! Thank you 🙂
Hello Natasha,
Is there any other way to grind the meat without a meat grinder? I don’t have one, but would love to make this soup.
I’ve seen it done in a food processor but you can totally use pre-ground meat 🙂
Is there any way you could tell me about how many calories are in a cup of this soup? Would be really neat if you provided nutritional information! 🙂
The resource I use is CalorieCount.com. Once you set up a free account, you can paste in entire recipes and get calorie counts and nutritional information. I’m hoping to go through some of the old recipes and do that, but it would take me countless hours. Maybe when I go flex at work ;). Anyway, I hope you find that resource helpful! 🙂
Hi Natasha-
Just want to thank you for such an easy to follow recipes on your blog. Everything I’ve made so far turned out great, except when I decided to make this soup the second time using beef and mushrooms instead of pork as you mentioned in the comments below…anyway, so this time with beef the soup came out very oily. I tried to spoon out some oil from top but it is still really really oily. Do you know what went wrong here? Also after sautéing onions, celery and mushrooms I was very careful not to dump the oil from the pan into the pot.
What cut of meat did you use? I wonder if it was the fat from the meat?
I just used regular ground beef I bought at Walmart. Also I usually use only olive oil for cooking/sautéing, but this time I used canola oil. So I’m not sure what caused the oiliness, but next time I guess I shouldn’t skimp out on good quality meat. Lesson learned :/
I’d recommend using a lean ground beef. Ground beef can be quite a bit oilier depending on the % fat.
This is definitely an interesting twist. I’m used to this soup with chicken, called soup with Frikadeli
We call them frikadelki too! 🙂 This is my favorite soup. Major comfort food 🙂
I made this soup today and it turned out delicious! I recently got married and I’ve been using your recipies almost every day and today my hubby said I should thank you! lol so yeah thank you so much for your blog, it’s really helpful:)
Awww that’s so sweet. Thanks for sharing that with me. I’m so glad you both like my recipes 🙂
Hi Natasha,
What did you use to cut your onion?
I finely diced it with a knife. Here’s a good tutorial that I posted not too long ago. https://natashaskitchen.com/2013/05/22/how-to-chop-an-onion-a-video-tutorial/
This is almost like “Italian wedding soup”.Instead use chicken broth, omit the egg and dill…Lots of small meatballs, that I fry up or bake in the oven before dropping into the broth. Better flavor to meatballs.
Use “orzso pasta” added the last 20 minutes…Too DIE for!
Freezes well….
I should try baking them one of these days! Do you mix anything special into the meatballs?
I did not expect this soup to taste this good! I ran out of Mrs. Dash & my meatballs were half pork, half beef but it was soooooo good! My 11 month old couldn’t stop eating! Hubby, 9 year old and 4 year old made the meatballs very tiny. Oh, and we skipped the pasta because we gluten-free. Delish! Thank you.
I love to make meatballs tiny too. I’m so glad your whole family enjoyed it. That’s what is great about this recipe is you can make little adjustments based on what you have on hand and it’s always super tasty! 🙂
Love this recipe! turned out so well!!
Yay!! I’m so glad 🙂
The soup was good, I added more seasonings to soup and meatballs. I tried putting egg in there but the soup kinda started to look like Chinese hot&sour so I didn’t do all of it.I dislike celery but did put it into the soup, it was pretty good. And as with all soups for me, I diced some fresh garlic into the soup before serving…also, I baked the meatballs as suggested in your comments and ill either bake or fry the meatballs with onion&celery from now on. Thanks for the tip, vera and for the yummy recipe, natasha.
You’re welcome Reina 🙂 I don’t usually like celery either, but it really adds a little somethin’ somethin’ to this soup! 🙂
Hi, Natasha. You do so good job. I want to give you one tip for meat ball soup. I put meat balls into the oven and fry them there until golden color. It will give your soup better look and wonderful taste. Also you will get rid of extra fat and that bad meat liquids. My 9 children and husband noticed the difference right away:) Please correct my english, because I am old ukrainian lady:).Enjoy!
Thank you for the tip! I will definitely have to try that. Sounds like a healthier way to go too! 🙂
I made this soup several times, and everyone who tried it loved it! Thank you so much. Would you ever consider making a “children friendly” section? My kids are super picky, and it’s always a big challenge on what to pack them for lunch or make them for dinner.
You are welcome Elina :). “Children friendly” section is on my to-do list, but probably not till next year.
Natasha this was amazing! i didnt need to add anything, i follwed your directions and it turned out delicious!!! thanks so much for this recipe i will be trying more soon. tell mom i loved it!!!!
You are very welcome Sara :). I will defiantly let my mom know.
How long do you cook the meatballs for? If you drop them after the potatoes have already been boiling for a while, won’t they overcook? Thanks!
Add carrots and pasta then start mixing and molding your meatballs. I’ll go back and clarify. You don’t really wait during any of the steps. You just go from step to step. By the time you are ready to add meatballs, your potatoes have probably been in the pot about 15 min or so. Does that make sense?
I made this with a few changes (cause I’m poor thanks to college XD)
I used Chicken for the meatballs. And no celery, I don’t really like it cooked…
Your recipes is AMAZINGG, I will be making a lot of these cause I live alone and I miss my mammas food (I am from Ukraine, but living somewhere else)
Your blog is really great, makes me think of home 🙂
I’m so happy to hear that. It’s hard to eat healthy and cook for yourself when you live away from your parents. I’m so glad you liked the soup 🙂
Wow delicious. I used beef and added beef bouillon. So good. Thank you. And my 2 yr old loved it.
You are very welcome Tonya. This is one of my favorite soups 🙂
I just made this soup me and my one year old… I did not scale down the recipe bc I knew I’d like it and love to have the extras to eat all during the work week… And I was right! My one year old ate helping after helping! And so did I! Thank you for this!
Awesome! It’s one of my favorites too! Not too time consuming and oh so good 🙂 Thanks Yvonne!
Wow!!! I made this soup but made it little bit different, I didn’t had celery so i skipped that part, instead of pork i used beef and instead of pasta i used couscous.. Turned out soooo delicious.. Can’t wait for my husband to come home from work and make it for him.. I just ate two plates of this soup.. Thank you thank you thank you..
mmmm couscous. That’s brilliant!
I tried this recipe…It turned out amazing …
I actually split the recipe in half since it was only for 3-4 people…but I added more of Mrs.Dash into the soup…and I actually ended up adding one chicken buillon cube. Thanks you to you and your mom! 🙂
I’m so glad you liked it 🙂 I’ll let my mom know.
I tried this recipe and it was Delicious!!
It’s one of my favorites as well 🙂
i have to try freezing dill too. i always buy fresh and better yet, i have to plant my own kitchen herb garden. this soup looks amazing!
My dill is just about ready to freeze. It’s fun to have a little herb garden. Last year, I planted it in a big pot/planter indoors and it worked well, but this year my hubby built a 7×2 raised garden bed just for my herbs 🙂
This was simple and delicious! Went into my favorite recipes folder 🙂
Natasha, you mentioned you can add frozen dill… how do you freeze dill? Thanks 🙂
Rinse and lay out to dry indoors or outdoors. When dry, discard the thicker stems and chop finely and put them in a clean sour cream tub or whatever you want to freeze it in. Pat down gently but don’t pack it in too tightly. Cover, label with the date and freeze. Now you have wonderful dill all year long!
Hi Natasha, great recipe! Any other meat that you would recommend for this soup?
Lina, you can use any meat you like really. My mom made it the following day with beef meatballs and added sauteed mushrooms to the soup. It was so so good! Turkey and chicken might be healthier options and would work well also.
Hi Natasha!
This was sooo delicious! Just one thing, seems like with all soups that I make (other than borsch) there is just a lacking flavor, maybe it needs more mrs. dash, or salt? possibly some bouillon? what do you recommend?
Do you make your other soups with meat? The meatballs add great flavor to this so I didn’t even have to add bouillon. But Mrs. Dash and a little bit of salt always helps and I do add more bouillon to taste too. Try adding Mrs Dash first, then bouillon (keep in mind most bouillon cubes have plenty of salt in them).
That’s the main reason I dont like adding the bouillon cubes because of the sodium….but I normally boil the meat for about 45 mins then i take it out and add veggies…but I’ll try to add mrs dash first….I love your website! I need to laminate it and turn it into a cookbook!
That’s also what I love about the better than bouillon organic paste that is sold at Costco. It’s reduced sodium!
Thanks for the tips! I will definitely try 🙂
Hi! This soup sounds delicious. I usually make the meatballs with pork and beef 50/50, as we usually so here in Scandinavia. I think that most soups taste better if you don’t eat them at once. Try waiting until the next day, and the soup will taste so delicious. I was wondering about Mrs Dash, but that problem was already solved by Natasha.
You’re from Scandinavia? Awesome!! Welcome to the blog :). I agree, most soups taste better with time 🙂
hi,
i was wondering what type of MRS DASH SEASONING do you use? i see so many different ones at the grocery store.
I’ve used regular and the garlic flavored one and love them both. You can use either one for this recipe.
thanks! i made it and my husband and 9 month old loved it!! its great because the veggies where tender enough for her!!
THANKS
That’s so awesome!! Kids are the ultimate food critics. I’m glad your 9 month old enjoyed the soup. My son also loves the meatballs 🙂
Sorry for the Aussie ignorance, but what are the ingredient in Mrs Dash? ( we don’t have this seasoning in Oz 🙂
Thanks
You can just use your favorite salt-free seasoning. The ingredients: onion, garlic, carrot, orange peel, tomato, lemon juice powder, citric acid, oil of lemon, spices (black pepper, parsley, celery seed, basil, bay, marjoram, oregano, savory, thyme, cayenne pepper, coriander, cumin, mustard, rosemary.
Brilliant thanks Natasha 🙂
Hi Natasha, I keep up with your website all the time.. and I really like this soup, one of my favs, I used to make it with beef all the time before. But recently I tried it with ground turkey and just used all the same seasonings and let me e tell you, it was delicious! You couldn’t even tell the difference and it made me feel good eating it because turkey is so much healthier.
My mom and sister threw a soup together with beef the other day and added loads of fresh, sauteed mushrooms. It was soo soo good! It will probably be a post for the future; with lean beef ofcourse 😉
Looks so good!
Thank you Emma 🙂
Sorry I’m not too much into the raw egg… Because it looks a little bit like snot to me lol I feel like it wont cook through and scared to kill the soup like that lol or does it cook through?
Hi Natalie the boiling water will cook it all the way through!
Wow, never tried adding an egg to the soup mixture… sounds interesting, I will have to try it. 🙂
Oh and I love cooking with mom too, its makes me feel like I am a kid again..:)
Yes definitely. It’s especially fun when there is a third set of tiny fingers. Three generations cooking together (one making more of a mess than cooking). No wonder the kitchen is the most important room in the house!