Scare up some spooky fun with the Lasagna Soup for Halloween.
I’m counting down to Halloween,
preparing for a Happy Haunting!
Spooky Lasagna Soup was staring at me
from the pages of Celebrate Halloween Magazine.
Spooky Lasagna Soup
Makes 13 Spooky Servings
Ingredients
2 teaspoons olive oil
1 1/4 pounds lean ground beef (I used “meatloaf mix”, a blend of beef, pork & veal)
1 large onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon dried basil
2 tablespoons tomato paste
8 cups chicken broth
1 (28-ounce) can diced tomatoes, undrained
2 bay leaves
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups fusilli pasta, cooked & drained (I used rotini)
small fresh mozzarella balls
slices pimento-stuffed olives
Directions
In a large saucepan, heat olive oil over medium heat. Add ground beef and cook 5 – 7 minutes, or until browned and crumbly. Discard drippings. Add garlic, onion, oregano, and basil; cook, stirring frequently for 5 minutes or until onion is tender.
Stir in tomato paste. Stir in chicken broth, tomatoes, bay leaves, and salt; bring to boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer for 30 minutes.
Stir in cooked pasta; simmer for 2 minutes. Remove from heat; discard bay leaves. Ladle into bowls, garnish with mozzarella balls and top each ball with an olive slice.
Spooky Lasagna Soup
Ingredients
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- 1 1/4 pounds lean ground beef or use “meatloaf mix”, a blend of beef, pork & veal
- 1 large onion chopped
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 8 cups chicken broth
- 1 28-ounce can diced tomatoes, undrained
- 2 bay leaves
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups fusilli or rotini pasta cooked & drained
- small fresh mozzarella balls
- slices pimento-stuffed olives
Instructions
- In a large saucepan, heat olive oil over medium heat. Add ground beef and cook 5 – 7 minutes, or until browned and crumbly. Drain excess fat.
- Add garlic, onion, oregano, and basil; cook, stirring frequently for 5 minutes or until onion is tender.
- Stir in tomato paste. Stir in chicken broth, tomatoes, bay leaves, and salt; bring to boil.
- Cover, reduce heat, and simmer for 30 minutes.
- Stir in cooked pasta; simmer for 2 minutes. Remove from heat; discard bay leaves.
- Ladle into bowls, garnish with mozzarella balls and top each ball with an olive slice.
Notes
- Small fresh mozzarella balls are usually found with the specialty cheeses at the grocery store.
The winners of my
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are. . .
BamaCarol and Debbie @ Mountain Breaths
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Your soup is adorable Mary and I’ll bet the winners are thrilled! Happy Weekend:@)
I must make that spooky soup! What a thrill to be a winner :-) Have a nice weekend!
The soup looks good👀! The idea of using the mozzarella balls with the stuffed olives is a great idea! Have a great weekend!
Your soup is just the best for Halloween. It will look so great just to see people’s reaction when you hand them a cup. Their eyeball will pop. Thanks for such a fun recipe!
congratulations to the winners. i giggled when i saw the soup — too fun!!
Congratulations to the winners!👻🎃
Wonderful interpretation of Lasagna Soup!! Those eyeballs are spooky cute! Too much fun~and congrats to the lucky winners, Matthew Mead has so many unique ideas, but he pales in comparison to you Mary, and your eat,drink and be scary!
Don’t you just love those “Celebrate” magazines?! The soup looks delicious and spooky. I enjoy soup and whimsy, so I’m going to try this.
That is just too cute!! You continue to inspire me!
A Keeper and great idea for when we’re babysitting the grandkiddos next week!! Hate crows…maybe owls… :) franki
Awesome looking soup!!! Love your crows! Where did you get them?
They came from Michaels a couple of years ago :)
Too cute, great idea for Halloween.
Marvelous! What a cute n clever Fall lunch! Love it! Thanks for sharing this!
you are up to eyeballs in fun!
What FUN!! My grandkidlets would go crazy over this…Ms. C. wouldn’t EAT it, but she would laugh anyway. (very picky eater)
Thanks for sharing & Congrats to the winners!
Looks like another great soup for the fall and winter. And I’m so thrilled to be a winner!
The eyeballs in the soup are great!
Ooh! Another great Halloween Soup! Love this one and it sounds delicious! Must try this! Hugs to Chloe and Gracie!
Wow! Spooky alright… Nice touch for Halloween…
My grandkids would get a kick out of that soup, and me too, Mary! Yea for the winners. I know they’ll enjoy the fun books.
Yum, yum, ready for that scary soup, such a great idea with the mozzarella balls and olives for the eyes, who would have thought , only you!!!
Congrats to the winners!!!
What a great soup for Halloween. Love the edible eyeballs.
Yay for Debbie! She’s one of my buds.
OMG That soup is gag-ilicious!
Oh my word, this is spooky. The eyeballs are genius. Thanks so much for linking to Inspire Me. Hugs, Marty
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This soup is so so yummy looking… and kinda fun and spooky! I’m making this for sure. Look for it on next week’s ON THE MENU MONDAY! Thanks for sharing your LASAGNA SOUP at TUTORIALS TIPS AND TIDBITS!
I was trying to figure out how you made the eyeball, really such a great idea. Visiting you from Foodie Fridays
Looks like a soup we can really enjoy in this house….Love making soup!…and I cannot wait to see the reaction when I serve it…Thanks Mary!!!
This recipe is absolutely adorable.
Now, I’m sure there’s no way my picky 7-year-old would eat eyeballs floating in soup, but I’m going to make it anyway because I know my husband and I would enjoy it.
I’m featuring this tomorrow at Home{work} Wednesday. Thanks for sharing.
Love those eyeballs! What a great Halloween addition to what looks to be already a wonderful soup. Congrats to the winners of the book giveaway!