Creamy Chicken and Wild Rice Soup

Here’s a wonderful recipe from Rohnda Monroy, our very clever and creative friend who takes all the amazing pictures for our cookbooks Trim Healthy Mama Cookbook and Trim Healthy Table. She’s a flat-out Trim Healthy Wizard in the kitchen. We predict you will love this soup and make it over and over.

Cooking Method: Stove Top

Courses: Dinner, Lunch, Soups

Servings: 4

Description

Gather the family around - it's soup night! Down with small portions of flavorless, diet broth. Let's eat hearty, delicious, comfort food and get our bellies filled! You can find this soup on page 100 of the Trim Healthy Mama Cookbook.

Ingredients

16 oz cauliflower florets (1- 16 ounce bag frozen cauliflower florets, or 1 large head of fresh cauliflower, cut into florets)
32 oz chicken broth
1 cup water
1 1/2 - 2 cups celery (chopped)
1/2 large onion (diced)
1/4 cup wild rice (1/4 cup plus 2 Tablespoons, uncooked wild rice)
1 1/2 tsp TH Mineral Salt
1/2 tsp black pepper
3/4 tsp dried thyme
1 Tbs 1/3 less fat cream cheese (1 heaped Tablespoon)
2 - 2 1./2 cups chicken breast (pre-cooked; diced)

Instructions

1
Put the cauliflower and broth in a soup pot over high heat and bring to a quick boil. Turn the heat down a little and simmer until the cauliflower is tender (takes just a few minutes). Scoop out the cauliflower with a slotted spoon or strainer. Put the cauliflower into a blender with 2 cups of the broth and set aside.
2
Add the carrots, celery, onion, and wild rice to the soup pot along with the salt, pepper, and thyme and simmer for 45 minutes to 1 hour. You want the veggies to be tender and the wild rice to begin breaking open.
3
Add the cream cheese to the blender and puree for 1 minute or until smooth. Transfer to the soup pot, stirring well.
4
Add the chicken and simmer the soup for another 15 to 20 minutes. The rice will break apart and soak up all the flavor and more of the liquid. Combine all ingredients well and heat through. (You can simmer for a few minutes but you don’t have to. As soon as soup is hot, it is done.) Check the seasonings and serve.

Note

MAKE A FAMILY MEAL—For the weight-loss plan, enjoy a generous bowlful or two alone or pair with an E-friendly side salad with lean dressing or a piece of sprouted grain bed with just a tad of butter. Family members needing Crossovers can enjoy extra fat on their side salad such as creamy dressing or grated cheese or plenty of butter on their bread.

Read it online: https://trimhealthymama.com/recipe/creamy-chicken-and-wild-rice-soup/