I first made a batch of homemade bone broth for the base of this soup. If you’ve never made bone broth…it’s a must! Not only is it super tasty, but bone broth is one of the best foods you can have in terms of its nutrient density and its healing properties!

The benefits of bone broth are MANY!

• Boosts immunity
• Great for gut health & gut repair (think leaky gut)
• Fights systemic inflammation
• Promotes weight loss
• Good source of Electrolytes which are essential for good health!
• Boosts mood due to influence on the microbiome
• Supports insulin regulation
• much more…

It is FULL of micronutrients, minerals, good healthy fat, & restorative amino acids such as glycine, alanine, proline, and hydroxyproline in the gelatin. It’s super easy to make but there are also a lot of good bone broth on the market these days.

If you buy yours be sure it’s from grass fed, no hormone, no antibiotic sources like ours!! Toxins are stored in fat and bones and then released as they are cooked and consumed so it is critical you pay attention to this detail!

I just kind of tossed mine together. Here’s what I used: a whole onion, 2 garlic cloves, a bunch of rosemary, sea salt, ground pepper, apple cider vinegar.

To really get the nutrients out of the bones it’s important to slow cook them for 12-24 hours! Also, it’s important to use something acidic like apple cider vinegar to help draw the nutrients out of the bones. Check out our bone broth supplies here!

Now for the ITALIAN WEDDING SOUP!

INGREDIENTS

Meatballs

• 1 lb. ground beef (you could also do half beef, half pork sausage)
• 1 large egg
• 1 tsp. onion powder
• 1 tsp. garlic powder
• 1/2 tsp. dried basil

Soup

• 8 cups broth (I used my bone broth of course!)
• 1/4 cup sliced baby carrots
• 1 cup sliced celery
• 6 oz. bag fresh baby spinach
• 2 tsp. garlic powder
• 2 tsp. onion powder
• Salt + pepper to taste after cooking

Directions: