And they actually ate it - Asian Turkey Meatball Soup

When you are away from home, I call it campfire cooking.  You have about half of what you need to make your special dinner so you do what all Moms do - you improvise.  My hankering this evening was for an Asian style meatball soup, complete with Kale and mushrooms!  Would the boys eat it?

Ingredients:

1 lb ground turkey

Soy Sauce

Teriayki Sauce

Ginger - don't have it?  Roasted Red Pepper Jelly came in handy for me, every Southern Belle has this one.

Sesame Oil

Egg

Onion

Mushrooms

Spinach

Create a pot of brown, white or wild rice according to directions, as it simmers....

Make the meatballs - Combine egg, ground turkey, finely chopped mushrooms, finely chopped onions, finely chopped spinach, ginger, salt, pepper in a bowl.  Create small cherry tomato sized meatballs.

Heat Olive Oil in large pot, add finely chopped onion and garlic.  Saute until soft them add Vegetable Stock, Teriayki Sauce, Soy Sauce, Lemon juice, finely chopped ginger.  Simmer 15 minutes to combine the flavors, then bring to a boil.

Add the meatballs one by one to the boiling water gently so they don't break.  Cook 15-20 minutes to ensure that the meat is cooked through.

Add mushrooms and cook another 5 minutes to flavor them, finish with the spinach for half a minute to simply wilt it.

Kid version:  Put a cup of rice in a bowl, cover with ladle of soup and several meatballs.  Don't garnish, they'll pick it off anyway.

Mom Version - serve a large bowl of broth with meatballs, mushrooms and soup.  Add a salad with ginger dressing and it's perfect!

Surprisingly, they actually ate it.  One child said, "I don't like spinach," as he gobbled down the meatballs full of ground spinach - ha!  One point for the Mom!