1. In a mixing bowl, combine ground chicken or turkey, breadcrumbs, egg, parsley, salt, and pepper. Mix well until combined. 2. Roll the mixture into small, bite-sized meatballs (about 1 inch in diameter). Place them on a plate or tray. 3. In a large pot: boil 8-9 cups of water. Carefully place the meatballs into the boiling water. Let the soup simmer for 15 min. 4. While the soup simmering: finely chop onion; peel, wash and dice carrots. Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a frying pan over medium heat. Sauté the onion and carrots until softened, about 5-7 minutes. Add onion and carrots to the soup. Simmer for 2 min. 5. Add the pasta and cook according to package instructions (usually 7-9 minutes). 6. During the last 2-3 minutes, stir in the chopped spinach or kale. 7. Taste the soup and adjust with salt and pepper as needed.

   1. Meat and peeled onion put in a large pot. Add water and boil. When the water begins to boil, remove the foam with a spoon; cover pot with a lid and cook about 1.5 hours over low-medium heat. 2. Take the meat and onion out of the broth. Meat set aside on a clean plate to cool, and throw away the onion. 3. Add water to the broth, if needed. Water should be visually about 2 liters. Boil. 4. Peel, wash and grate a beet on a coarse grater (or cut beet on thin sticks). Place the beet into boiling broth. (From this step I prefer to cook the borsch over high-meduim heat). 5. Shred the cabbage and add to the broth. 6. Peel, wash and grate a carrot on a coarse grater; place to the broth. 7. Peel, wash and cut potatoes on small cubes; put in soup. 8. Peel, wash and cut a bell pepper into strips ; put in soup. 9. Wash tomatoes and cut into small cubes. 10. Heat a medium size skillet; add oil, tomatoes and dried basil, and cook tomatoes over medium heat about 10 minutes stirring occasionally. Add tomatoes in soup. 11. Take the meat off the bone; cut the meat into small pieces and add in soup. 12. Add salt, pepper, Italian seasonings, water, if needed, and cook the soup 10 minutes more. 13. Optionally, cut greens, add to borsch. 14. Turn off the heat, cover the pot with a lid and let it sit for 10 minutes. 15. Serve with sour cream.