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Healthy Italian Wedding Soup Recipe – A lighter (gluten free<\/strong>) version of classic Italian Meatball Soup! This skinny wedding soup is bursting with juicy meatballs, pasta, and herbs!<\/p>\n\n\n

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My first encounter with Italian Meatball Soup<\/strong> was at a potluck at least 30 years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I remember standing over the pot filled with star pasta and enormous meatballs, and feeling like they looked so foreign floating in soup. Like planets hovering in outer space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then I tasted it, and was immediately brought right back to earth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The meatballs were so juicy. Fat from the meatballs gave the soup broth a luxurious quality. Yet best of all, each spoonful was brimming with tiny pasta, herbs, and veggies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At that moment in my young life, it occurred to me that just because something is new and different, doesn’t mean I should be afraid of it… Or judge before gathering more information. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A lesson I try to remind myself of on a regular basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Last year, my daughter became ill and it was quite a life-altering experience. We went through months of testing, experimenting with medicines, alternative forms of healing, and major diet changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although she is much better now, she is left with a strong sensitivity to gluten. (A side effect, not the original health issue.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, we are so thrilled to see her healthy again, what could have been a hard lifestyle change, seems like nothing at all. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Removing gluten from her diet (and usually ours as well) is a small price to pay to watch your baby go from literal gut-wrenching pain, to health and happiness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Over the last year, I have converted many of her favorite dishes to gluten free versions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With so many wonderful gluten free products<\/strong> available nowadays, it was much easier than I thought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For instance, meatballs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meatballs need bread crumbs to hold in the juices and keep and them soft. If you remove the bread crumbs entirely, and do not replace them with something else that can accomplish the same task, you end up with hard bland balls of ground meat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet there are all sorts of things you can add to meatballs other than plain wheat bread crumbs… Beans, rice, crushed gluten free crackers, and even gluten free bread crumbs<\/strong> are available at most major grocery chains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Today’s Healthy Italian Wedding Soup Recipe<\/strong> is dedicated to my sweet daughter Ava.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She fought hard to keep a positive attitude through this tumultuous year, with months of daily pain and periods when she could only eat lean chicken and a handful of vegetables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She has come a long way. To be just <\/em>gluten free is a huge blessing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Italian meatball soup is something she has always loved, so now we have a gluten free version for her… And for your GF loved ones as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Healthy Italian Wedding Soup Ingredients<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Italian Meatball Soup does have quite a few ingredients. Here we’ve tried to cut the recipe down to only include the ingredients that offer the biggest bang for your buck!<\/p>\n\n\n\n