Chicken soup with Vegetables
Winter is almost upon us and with that a nice homemade bowl of soup will certainly cure what ails you.
Or at least that is what grandmother used to say. Who doesn’t like a nice fresh homemade bowl of soup, if it is too hot to serve, I like to put spinach in the bowl first and the hot soup over to steam it.
Chicken and Vegetable Soup
- 4 1/2 cups organic chicken broth
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 1/2 cup chopped celery
- 1/2 cup chopped carrot
- 1/2 cup chopped brocolli (asparagus etc.)
- 1/2 tsp dried crushed basil
- 1/2 tsp dried crushed oregano
- 1/2 cup cooked steel cut oats
- 2 cups cubed cooked chicken or turkey
- 1 16 oz can tomato (cut up or 2 cups fresh cut up tomato)
- 1 bay leaf
- In a large saucepan bring the broth, steel cut oats, onion and uncooked vegetables with the basil, oregano and bay leave to a boil, reduce heat and simmer, covered, for 6 to 8 minutes.
- Stir in cooked and cubed chicken/turkey, precooked vegetables and cut up tomatoes and heat through.
- Rinse and chop spinach and place approximately 1/2 cup in the bottom of each bowl.
- Ladle soup over the spinach and serve.
