Simple, Yet Hearty Italian Meatball Soup Recipe — Eat This Not That

Ingredients

• 1 lb ground beef
• 2 medium eggs or 1 extra-large egg
• 1⁄4 cup bread crumbs
• 1⁄2 cup finely grated Parmesan cheese
• Salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 1⁄2 Tbsp olive oil
• 1 onion
• chopped
• 2 carrots
• peeled and chopped
• 2 ribs celery
• 8 cups low-sodium chicken stock
• 1 head escarole
• chopped into bite-size pieces
• 3⁄4 cup small pasta
• like orzo
• pastina
• or spaghetti broken into 1⁄2-inch pieces