Mom's matzo ball soup

I had planned on making something with a ham steak I bought last week and froze until DH called and asked me to make matzo ball soup.  I never did it before, but tried it based on my mom's directions.  I used her recipe, but changed it up a bit.  Her original recipe can be found in a September post.  But here is what I did today:

Sautee 1/2 onion in drizzle of canola oil.

Add in about 1 tbsp minced garlic and cook.

Then comes the SUPER EASY PART- follow the directions on the box of matzo ball and soup mix.  ONce the water was boiling, I added in 3 chopped carrots, and 4 chopped celery ribs.  Added the balls in about a handful of chopped dill and cooked for 20 minutes- they were mostly done, although a few were slightly hard inside, so they could've cooked a few more min.  O and then I added in a half of box of cooked elbows after the 20 minutes.  For whatever reason, a lot of the broth was gone when DH went to get some (I guess the noodles and balls absorbed it???) so he added in about another 1-2 cups and heated it all up.

Soup was yummy, DH loved it and I'm glad I have some to take for lunch tomorrow.... now what to make for dinner tomorrow?!