I have decided I am going to rate one soup a week based on three different criteria; look, taste, and general likeability.
Starting with Italian wedding soup -
Italian wedding soup is one of my favourite soups to make at home because it is relatively easy, it tastes fantastic, and it freezes really well. It also reminds me of groentesoep met balletjes (a tasty Dutch soup which I will rate in the future).
For looks I give it 5/5, my reasons being the colours of the ingredients are very pleasing together and the spinach gives a nice contrast to the earthier tones of the other ingredients.
For taste it gets a 5/5 as well, but this only applies to homemade Italian wedding. Campbells Italian wedding is okay, but the meatballs are a little flavourless and the broth is meh. I prefer when the soup is made with orzo because I like how it feels in my mouth.
For general likeability I again give 5/5 because I really enjoy eating it and making it. My sister doesn't like it at all because of the texture of the noodles but I rather like them. I think people are generally turned off by the noodles because I have heard the same opinion from others. This is one of my favourite soups (and I've tried a lot) so I think my opinion is trustworthy.
I don't have a recipe for this on hand, but a quick google search told me the soup can also be made vegan! I enjoy it made with chicken broth with beef meatballs over any other type - but if you are not for the beef movement, it can definitely be made with ground turkey, chicken, pork, etc. I also don't like it with an egregious amount of spinach which I have seen it made with before, I think a tasteful amount is best. If you're a huge spinach lover I say go nuts but I feel like the texture might become a bit much?
I also don't think this has many other vegetables in it, or at least the ones I have tried don't, but I'm sure it would also be good with carrots and celery.
I am not Italian so I have no idea whether the suggestions I'm making are ridiculous. If there is anyone with a go to Italian wedding soup recipe I would love to hear it as winter is fast approaching which means it's ideal soup making time (imo it's always soup season but if you wanna be particularrr)
Anywho, I hope people are having a lovely week and have had at least one chance to enjoy a nice bowl of soup. There may be nobody reading this ever, but I still want to share because I love love love soup and have nothing better to do! I have so much so much coursework to do for finals...
Soup 🍲
