Meatball Cabbage Vegetable Soup Recipe

Blend the ground beef with the egg, salt and pepper. Cut green onions into 1/2 inch length and set aside. Meanwhile, bring broth to a boil. Shape meat into 1 inch balls. Drop them into broth along with the green onions, celery, carrots, cabbage, tomatoes, tomato juice, rice, bay leaf and basil. Cover; simmer for 30 minutes, stir occasionally. Discard bay leaf and stir in soy sauce. Top each serving with parsley. Also good served with a drop of sour cream in each soup bowl.