Thursday, January 10, 2019

Chicken and Wild Rice Soup




Chicken and Wild Rice Soup


  • 5 Strips Turkey Bacon - cooked and chopped
  • 1 1/2 Cups Chicken - diced or shredded
  • 1 Tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • 1 Cup Onion - diced
  • 1 Cup Carrot - diced
  • 1/2 Cup Celery - diced
  • 1 Tablespoon Fresh Thyme
  • 8 oz Mushrooms - sliced
  • 4 Cloves Garlic - minced
  • 4 Cups Unsalted Chicken Stock (Swanson)
  • 1 Cup Water
  • 4 Cups Spinach
  • 1 teaspoon Kosher Salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon Pepper
  • 8 oz Wild Rice - cooked
  • 1 Cup Half-and-Half
  • 1/3 Cup All Purpose Flour


  1. Heat oil in a large Dutch Oven over medium-high heat, add onion, carrot and celery - Saute 3 minutes
  2. Add thyme, mushrooms and garlic to pot - Saute 5 minutes
  3. Add chicken stock and water to pot, bring to boil - reduce to simmer for 10 minutes
  4. Add spinach, season with salt and pepper - cook for additional 3 minutes
  5. Add chicken and wild rice to pot
  6. In a small bowl whisk half-and-half with flour and stir into the soup - cook 2 minutes
  7. Ladle 1 2/3 Cup servings into bowls and top with bacon
This one rings in at a mere 197 calories per serving!

Wednesday, January 9, 2019

Chicken Avocado Salad



Chicken Avocado Salad



Salad Stuff:

2 Large Chicken Breasts (cooked and chopped)
2 Avocados (diced)
1 Cup Whole Kernel Sweet Corn (charred a bit in a pan if you'd like)
4 strips of Turkey Bacon (cooked and chopped)
4 Green Onions - chopped

Salad Dressing Stuff:

3 Tablespoons Lemon juice
3 Tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1 teaspoon Sea Salt
1/4 teaspoon Black Pepper

Once you get all that, do this with it:
  1. Whisk the dressing ingredients in a small bowl and set aside
  2. Add Salad ingredients to a large bowl
  3. Pour your dressing into the large bowl with all the salad stuff
  4. Toss to mix
  5. Put into serving bowls....this should make enough for 4
  6. Place 1 chopped up hard boiled egg on top of each serving bowl
Based on calculations from www.myfitnesspal.com this should fall between 400-430 calories per serving based on the size of certain ingredients, but at least you have a ballpark number!