{"id":14576,"date":"2013-12-08T15:45:59","date_gmt":"2013-12-08T23:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shescookin.com\/?p=14576"},"modified":"2022-08-16T13:46:21","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T20:46:21","slug":"keeping-warm-with-italian-wedding-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shescookin.com\/keeping-warm-with-italian-wedding-soup\/","title":{"rendered":"Keeping Warm With Italian Wedding Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a><\/p>\n A bowl of steaming soup can cure whatever ails you – whether it’s the blustery wet weather we’re having here in Cali, snow-white blizzard conditions or a busy day at work where all you want to do is relax and put something warm and comforting in your hungry belly. Because we eat with our eyes first, a soup of many colors and textures is especially inviting and exactly why Italian Wedding soup<\/strong>, with an abundance of vibrantly colored, good-for-you vegetables, plump meatballs and dapples of tiny pasta shapes, is one of our all-time favorites.<\/p>\n Jump to Recipe<\/a><\/p>\n There are a lot of things I make that never make it to the blog because I don’t bother to write down my “method” or take pictures – especially at this time of year when it’s dark at 5:00 p.m. But when I shared my version of Italian Wedding Soup on Instagram and Facebook it received a lot of love and friends clamoring for the recipe, so I’m sharing it here, too. Fortunately, I had written down the ingredients and typed up the directions before I forgot and there was plenty of soup left to take a few hi-res shots.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n I hope you all are enjoying the weekend and getting your holiday shopping and decorating done with minimal stress. We hosted our second annual Ugly Sweater Holiday Party last night – so much fun!! – so bought our tree and accomplished all our Christmas decorating the weekend of Thanksgiving. Throwing a party is excellent motivation \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Even the guys were in the spirit! Grampa on the right won – you would have to see this sweater to appreciate its details. And, of course, considering the company I keep, there was an abundance of festive food and much to drink!<\/p>\n Back to the Italian Wedding Soup recipe so you can cozy up by the fire.<\/p>\n Everyone always asks, “Is it served at Italian weddings?” And the answer is, it depends on who you ask.<\/p>\n Wikipedia notes that the term “wedding soup<\/b>” comes from the\u00a0Italian<\/b>\u00a0language phrase “minestra maritata” (“married\u00a0soup<\/b>“), which is a reference to the flavor produced by the combination\/”marriage” of greens and the meat.<\/p>\n This soup has grown extremely popular outside of Italy, but you might be surprised to learn that, while it often appears as part of a traditional Italian Easter, Christmas or San Silvestro (December 26) feast. It has nothing to do with Italian weddings and never has.<\/p>\nWhy is it called Italian Wedding Soup?<\/h2>\n