One of my resolutions for 2010 is to cook more meals in the crock pot. I love coming home on a cold night to a warm meal that’s ready to eat. This recipe sounds especially satisfying for this chilly weekend.

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Slow-Cooker Wild Rice Soup
Prep: 30 minutes
Cook: 6 hours on low or 3 hours on high (works well on stove top too)
Cool: 15 minutes
Stand: 15 minutes

Ingredients

2  medium carrots, peeled and chopped (1 cup)
2  stalks celery, chopped (1 cup)
3/4  cup uncooked wild rice, rinsed and drained
2 cloves of garlic (to taste)
1  medium onion, chopped (1/2 cup)
1  small sprig fresh rosemary
2  bay leaves
1  teaspoon finely shredded lemon peel
1/4  teaspoon ground black pepper
3  chicken breast halves with bone (about 2 1/4 pounds total)
3  14-ounce cans reduced-sodium chicken broth
1/2  cup snipped fresh parsley
Ground black pepper

Directions:
In a 4- to 4 1/2-quart slow cooker, combine carrots, celery, wild rice, onion, rosemary, bay leaves, lemon peel, and the 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Top with chicken breast halves. Pour chicken broth over all.

Cover; cook on low heat setting for 6 to 6 1/2 hours or on high-heat setting for 3 hours.

Remove chicken and cool slightly. Discard rosemary sprig and bay leaves.

Cut chicken from bone; discard bones. Chop chicken and return to soup along with parsley. Season to taste with additional pepper.

Nutritional Content:
Servings Per Recipe 6 (1 1/2-cup) servings
Calories 220; total fat 3 g;

Recipe from hearthealthyonline.com

Posted in Healthy Cooking

About the author - Andrea Cooley

Andrea Cooley gets paid to post on Facebook and Twitter (among other things) to promote Des Moines University to prospective students. She is a Midwest girl at heart, but loves to travel around the country visiting friends and family. If Des Moines had mountains or an ocean she’d never leave. Before joining the DMU marketing team, she was an editor for Country Home magazine. She’s still a little obsessed with magazines, so if you want to talk about decorating, remodeling or gardening projects she’s your go-to girl.