italian wedding soup with turkey meatballs

Ingredients

• FOR THE MEATBALLS
• 1 pound lean ground turkey
• 1 large egg
• 1/2 cup italian style breadcrumbs
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
• dash pepper
• FOR THE SOUP
• 1 (10 oz.) package frozen chopped spinach
• 1 small onion, finely chopped
• 2 large carrots, cut into sticks and diced into small cubes
• 1-2 stalk celery, finely diced
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 cup dry acini de pepe, ditalini or orzo pasta (we prefer it with acini de pepe, but any tiny pasta will do.)
• 2 32 ounce boxes chicken broth
• 2 teaspoons chicken soup base
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• dash pepper
• grated fresh parmesan (optional)
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley (optional)