Texan Meat Ball Soup | Canadian Goodness

Ingredients

• Meat balls
• 10 oz (300 g) lean ground beef
• 1/2 cup (125 mL) cooked rice
• 1 onion chopped
• 1 garlic clove chopped
• Salt and pepper to taste
• Soup
• 1 chopped onion
• 1 green bell pepper trimmed and diced
• 1 zucchini cut in 2 lengthwise and sliced
• 2 tbsp (30 mL) butter
• 5 cups (1.25 L) vegetable broth
• 1 can (19 oz/540 mL) tomatoes
• 1 can (19 oz/540 mL) black beans drained
• 2 tsp (10 mL) chili powder
• 1/2 tsp (2 mL) ground cumin
• 1/2 tsp (2 mL) ground coriander
• 2 bay leaves
• A dash of hot pepper sauce
• Fresh coriander
• Sour cream
• Shredded Canadian Marble Cheddar cheese