Texas Convict Soup Mix

 Directions: Combine soup mix with 4 cups water and a 28 oz. can crushed tomatoes (or you may use 6 cups water and a 6 oz can tomato paste instead). Add frozen meatballs or homemade cooked meatballs, 2 tbsp. olive oil and simmer. Cook on low for 30 minutes. Add salt to taste if desired. Sprinkle top with parmesan cheese and serve.

Ingredients: Pasta (enriched durum wheat semolina, egg, colors [beet, carrot, tomato or spinach] egg whites), sugar, basil, beef base (Hydrolyzed corn gluten & soy protein, salt, dextrose, dry beef fat[beef fat, corn syrup solids, sodium caseinate, mono & diglycerides, TBHQ, citric acid for flavor protection], maltodextrin, caramel color, natural flavor[autolyzed yeast extract, natural flavors, salt, partially hydrogenated soybean & cottonseed oil], citric acid, spice disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, spice extractive, less than 2% calcium silicate as a processing aid), onion, black pepper, oregano, and selected spices.