Meatballs Pasta Soup

Meatballs:
¼ kilo ground pork
1 200g potato, coarsely grated
1 small onion, chopped
1 egg

Soup:
4 cloves garlic, crushed
200g spaghetti
200g sayote, diced
1 carrot, diced
250g Italian Style Spaghetti Sauce
3 stalks green onions, chopped

1. Combine ingredients for meatballs. Season with 1 tsp iodized salt and 1/8 tsp pepper. Mix well. Shae into 1 tbsp balls. Set aside.
2. Saute garlic. Add 6 cups water, 2 tsp iodized salt and 1/8 tsp pepper. Allow to simmer. Add spaghetti. Cook for 5 minutes. Add sayote, carrot and spaghetti sauce. Cook for 5 minutes. Add meatballs. Simmer for another 5 to 10 minutes. Top with green onions.

Makes 8 servings.

I made this recipe with the help of my niece. When she discovered that I cook every weekend, she made it a point to be there in the house at the moment I’m about to start. She’s only 10 years old but very interested in cooking. She told me she wanted to help her mom cook at home but was never allowed to do so. Whenever I cook I made it a point that I gave her tasks to make, like dicing up onions or vegetables. In this way, I encouraged her to love cooking and hopefully, in a way, will help her in the future.