🔵 How To Make Zuppa di Polpette Piccoli (Mini Meatball Soup)

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast adds a cheesy flavor with fewer calories.

ground beef

🥗Healthier: ground turkey

💰Cheaper: ground pork

Ground turkey is leaner, while ground pork is often more affordable.

chicken broth

🥗Healthier: vegetable broth

💰Cheaper: water + bouillon cubes

Vegetable broth is lower in calories; bouillon cubes are a cost-effective alternative.

spinach

🥗Healthier: kale

💰Cheaper: frozen spinach

Kale provides more nutrients, while frozen spinach is often cheaper.

In a bowl, using hands combine veal, cheese, chopped parsley, salt and pepper.

Roll heaping teaspoons of meat mixture into balls; set onto large plate.

In a pot, bring stock and parsley leaves to boil.

Add pastina and boil gently for 8 minutes.

Add meatballs to stock using slotted spoon or ladle and simmer for about 7 minutes or until pastina is tender and meatballs are no longer pink inside.

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