When most people think of meatballs they think of Italian spaghetti and meatballs. For a change of pace theirs nothing better than a hot bowl of soup made with buttery lima beans and meatballs to warm you up from the inside out on a cold winter night.
Preparation: 15-20 minutes
Cooking Time: 2 1/2 hours
Servings: 2-4
1 pound ground beef
1 cup dry lima beans
1 bay leaf (remove after cooking)
1/4 cup onion, diced
1/4 cup carrots,diced
1/4 cup celery with leaves, diced
1/4 cup Italian style bread crumbs
1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1/4 cup evaporated milk
1 beef bouillon cube
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 (15.5 ounce) can tomatoes, diced
Salt and pepper to taste
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Rinse lima beans and pour into the Dutch oven with 4 cups of water. Bring water to a rapid boil for 3 minutes; set aside for 1 hour.
2. In a small bowl, mix flour and 1/2 cup water; pour into Dutch oven with lima beans. Cook over medium heat until fork tender; stir in onion, bouillon cube, tomatoes,carrots, celery, salt, pepper, and bay leaf; bring to boil; set aside.
3. In a large bowl, combine with your hands ground beef, Italian style bread crumbs, evaporated milk, and Worcestershire sauce. Roll meat mixture into balls about the size of a quarter. Add to Dutch oven; cover and bake in oven for 1 hour or until meatballs are cooked; stir occasionally.
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wow another great recipe here from you……i should ask my wife to make it …… thanks for your nice post here….
Best Regards
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Dwell,
Thanks so much. Hope you wife will make it for you.
Ms R
I like meatball soup. Now it rains every day here, soup can be the perfect food to warm us…
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Lina,
Yes, soup has a way to warm you up from the inside out.
Ms R
wow easy to floow recipe. il try this sis. ty
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Mel,
glad to share the recipe. I try to make things simple.
Ms R
Wow it looks soooo yummy ahehehe I’m gonna try that.Thank you for this recipe!
N3R3N,
Hope you enjoy it.
Ms R
This looks absolutely scrumptious, Ms. Recipe!
Its such a perfect dish for this bitter cold weather!
Have a great weekend!
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Catherine,
Yes, it is great for a cold winter or fall day.
Ms R
Thank you for stopping by my blog because it helped me find yours! I’ve been trying to find new recipes since my boys are getting tired of my cooking. These seem simple enough that even I can do them and trust me that says alot LOL
Have a great day!
Ms. Latina
Ms Latina,
Kids are always fun to eat for. They love it for a while and then leave it the next minute.
Ms R
I didn’t like Lima. But maybe this recipe would change it. ^^
Fedhz,
It might be worth a try to see if you like the combination. Sometimes the foods we don’t like turn out good with other foods.
Ms R