Italian Wedding Soup - Lemon Stripes

Ingredients

• – 1 lb ground beef (you can use a mixture of beef and pork if you want, but Anel doesn’t eat pork so I skip it)
• – 1 egg
• – 2 garlic cloves, minced or pressed
• – 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
• – 1/2 cup Italian breadcrumbs
• – 1/2 tsp dried parsley
• – 1/2 tsp salt
• – 1/4 tsp black pepper
• – 2 Tbs olive oil
• – 1 yellow onion, finely chopped
• – 3 medium carrots, peeled, and finely chopped
• – 2 stalks celery, finely chopped
• – 3 garlic cloves, minced or pressed
• – 6 cups chicken broth
• – 1 cup water
• – 1 Parmesan rind
• – 1 bay leaf
• – 1/2 tsp salt, plus more to taste
• – 1 cup cooked orzo or other small pasta
• – 2-3 large handfuls baby spinach, roughly chopped
• – Grated Parmesan cheese for serving