Italian Meatball Zoodle Soup - low carb, whole30

This recipe gave me yet another reason to use my spiral slicer. Who knew that making noodles out of vegetables could be so fun? The great thing about this soup is that you can just throw in any vegetables you have around the house. To add an even better texture and flavor to the meatballs you can use equal parts of ground beef and ground pork. To make this whole30 compliant, omit the parmesan cheese. You can replace it with crushed pork rinds or just omit it altogether.

Check out some of my other favorite low-carb vegetable noodle recipes:

• Rainbow Vegetable Noodles
• Garlic Thyme Squash Noodles
• Cabbage Noodle Tuna Casserole
• Mediterranean Zucchini Noodle Pasta
• Spaghetti Squash Carbonara

Italian Meatball Zoodle Soup

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• Total Time: 6 hours 30 minutes
• Yield: 12 Servings 1x

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Description

Calories: 129
Carbs:  3 net grams
Fat:  6 g
Protein:  15 g

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Ingredients

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• 32 oz beef stock
• 1 medium zucchini, Spiraled
• 2 ribs celery, chopped
• 1 small onion, diced
• 1 carrot, chopped
• 1 medium tomato, diced
• 1 ½ teaspoon garlic salt
• 1 ½ lb ground beef
• ½ cup Parmesan cheese, shredded (omit for whole30)
• 6 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 large egg
• 4 tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped
• 1 ½ teaspoon sea salt
• 1 ½ teaspoon onion powder
• 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• ½ teaspoon black pepper

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Instructions

1. Heat slow cooker on low setting.
2. To the slow cooker, add beef stock, zucchini, celery, onion, carrot, tomato, and garlic salt. Cover.
3. In a large mixing bowl, combine ground beef, Parmesan, garlic, egg, parsley, sea salt, onion powder, oregano, Italian seasoning, and pepper.  Mix until all ingredients are well incorporated.  Form into approximately 30 meatballs.
4. Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.  Once the pan is hot, add meatballs and brown on all sides.  No need to worry about cooking them all the way through as they will be going into the slow cooker. Add meatballs to slow cooker, cover and cook for 6 hours.

• Prep Time: 30 minutes
• Cook Time: 6 hours

Nutrition

• Serving Size: 1 Cup