Thankful...Italian Weddings (well, at least the soup...)

I didn't know what to make for dinner tonight, so I tried something off-the-cuff and it turned out pretty darn good. I made Italian Wedding soup sans recipe. It was pretty easy, if you want to give it a shot. Here's what I did. (I never measure, so these are just an estimate.)

For the meatballs:

I took one pound of 80% lean ground beef and mixed it with one egg, a shot of half and half, a dash of salt and pepper, and about half a cup of Italian breadcrumbs. I placed these on a greased cookie sheet in a 350 degree oven for 30 minutes.

For the soup:

I poured 12 cups of water into my French oven, added 12 chicken bullion cubes and the core of one red onion. I took a frozen package of spinach, cooked in the the microwave and drained out all the water. Then I removed the onion from the stock, added a dash of kosher salt and turned it up to a boil. Once boiling, I added one package of rotini style pasta. When the pasta was cooked, I added the spinach and meatballs.

That's all it took!