Mom's Albondigas (Meatball Soup)

Ingredients
- meatballs
1 pound ground meat (beef, chicken, or turkey)
1 egg
1 teaspoon of maseca, instant corn masa flour (found in the 'Hispanic' section at the grocery store.)
3 teaspoons of rice
salt
pepper
garlic powder

- soup broth
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tomato chopped
1/2 cup chopped onion (we use Walla Walla sweets)
about five to six cups of chicken broth (either prepared or from boullions)

-extras
3 carrots chopped to 1/2 inch sizes
1 russet potato chopped to one inch cubes
lime (optional)

Directions
Mix meatball ingredients until well blended. Make one inch balls out of the mixture.

In medium sauce pot saute tomato and onion in heated oil. Add broth and bring to a boil. Add meatballs (and extras) and simmer for one hour.

Serve in deep bowls. Add squirts of lime juice to taste. Accompany with fresh tortillas and Enjoy!