Twinkle Toes Soup

Making another sneaky vegetable recipe from Jessica Seinfields book, Deceptively Delicious. It is called twinkle toes soup because that is what Brooklyn named it. I realized she's more likely to try/like new foods if they have cooler names. I made whole grain pasta by Barilla. It's called "Plus" and is made with lentils, chickpeas, egg whites, etc. to equal 17g protein per serving! I set the pasta aside and sautéed onions and 2 cloves minced garlic in olive oil. I puréed 1-28oz can of whole, peeled tomatoes with about 2 cups baby carrots and 1 tsp salt. To make the meatballs I combined 1lb ground turkey, 1/2c sweet potato purée, 3 cubed slices wheat bread, 2 egg whites, 1/4tsp paprika, 1/4tsp pepper, 1/4c skim milk and 1/4c Parmesan cheese. Rolled the meat and browned it on each side. Added meatballs to simmering tomato/carrot sauce. Added 3c low sodium chicken broth to pot. Cooked meatballs in soup for 20 min and added pasta. Sprinkled Parmesan on top. Brooklyn told me she would only eat the meatballs and ended up eating almost all her bowl of soup because she said it tasted yummy. I'm so excited I've been able to sneak in a few vegetables! I will not force her to try things she doesn't like so her vegetable intake has been pretty limited. She would eat fruit all day if i would let her. ;) She enjoyed the twinkle toe soup and I found out she liked the taste of carrots and sweet potato the easy way!