February 15, 2009

  • 2009 Recipe #8 - Only one this week!

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    Crockpot Turkey and Wild Rice Soup
    This recipe is from here but I modified it a bit.

    20oz of extra lean turkey breast (I used the 99% lean Jennie-O stuff)
    8 cups of chicken bouillon
    1c of uncooked wild rice
    1 medium yellow onion chopped
    1c of chopped celery
    1c of chopped carrots
    1t sage
    2T red wine vinegar
    2c of spinach leaves

    Cook the turkey (I used my wok which is the best meat cooking pan I've found) and then put the turkey into the crockpot when it's done browning. Add the bouillon, the veggies and the rice. Then stir in the sage and the vinegar and top with the spinach leaves (they will wilt down nicely)

    Cook in the crockpot on high for 4-6 hours or on low for 8 to 10 hours. Soup is done when the veggies are as tender as you want them.

    Verdict

    I like it. I was surprised. I thought it would be a bit boring, there aren't many ingredients and I usually prefer my soup to be bean-y. But, I have wild rice in the pantry and thought I'd give it a go as I'm still also eating last week's Taco Soup.

    The sage tasted good, the rice was nice and chewy and it was overall very satisfying.

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    As usual though, it really doesn't look very good.

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    Nutrition Information
    I made 8 servings from this - they're about 330g each (1.5c to 2c probably).
    Calories: 163.6
    Fat: 0.9g
    Fiber: 2.6g
    WWpts: 2.8 (I'll be rounding it to 3)