Best Crock Pot Meatball Stone Soup Recipes

SLOW-COOKED MEATBALL SOUP

Steps:

• Place first 11 ingredients in a 6-qt. slow cooker. Cook, covered, on low until vegetables are tender and flavors are blended, 5-6 hours., Stir in pasta; cook, covered, on high until pasta is tender, 15-20 minutes. Discard bay leaf; stir in spinach until wilted. Serve with cheese.

SLOW-COOKER MEATBALL STONE SOUP

Steps:

• In 3 1/2- to 4-quart slow cooker, mix frozen meatballs, broth, tomatoes, potato, onion and garlic-pepper blend.
• Cover; cook on Low heat setting 9 to 11 hours or until vegetables are tender.
• Stir in frozen mixed vegetables. Cover; cook on High heat setting 1 hour.

CROCK-POT MEATBALL STONE SOUP

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in a 4-quart crockpot.
• Cover and cook on LO heat 9-11 hours or until vegetables are tender.
• Stir in the frozen vegetables which have been thawed. Cover and cook on HI heat 1 hour.
• Serve with Parmesan cheese.

OL' FASHIONED STONE SOUP

Steps:

• Get someone to wash & rinse the stone, scrubbing thoroughly, then put it in the bottom of a pot of water to boil while preparing the rest of the soup [OR in a pinch, use a LARGE potato as a sybolic 'stone'].
• If making the soup WITH A GROUP, be sure that each person has brought together one or more of the ingredients.
• In another LARGE pot, melt butter or heat the oil, then saute onion on medium-high for 2-4 minutes. Stir in celery, carrot, potatoes & bell pepper, sauteeing 6-8 minutes.
• Add garlic & saute about 30 seconds, then pour the broth into the LARGE pot.
• Use tongs, ladle or large spoon to fish out the hot 'stone' & put it into the LARGE pot.
• Heat to boiling.
• Add zucchini, squash, corn & pasta, cooking another 8 minutes or until the zucchini is the desired softness.
• Season to taste with salt & pepper.
• Before serving, sprinkle on cheese & croutons, then ladle--minus the stone--into individual bowls.