Italian Meatball Soup

Meatballs:

• 1 lb ground beef
• ½ cup Parmesan Cheese grated
• 2 tbsp parsley chopped, fresh
• 2 tbsp basil chopped, fresh
• 1 egg
• 2 cloves garlic minced
• salt to taste, sea salt and freshly cracked
• black pepper to taste, sea salt and freshly cracked
• oregano to taste, dried

Soup:

• 1 tbsp olive oil
• ½ yellow onion diced
• 2 carrot diced
• 2-3 celery diced, stalks
• 1 cup russet potato peeled & diced
• salt to taste, sea salt and freshly cracked
• black pepper to taste, sea salt and freshly cracked
• oregano to taste, dried
• 1 bay leaf
• 8 cups beef broth
• 1½ tbsp tomato paste
• 2 cups green cabbage chopped
• Parmesan Cheese garnish