Chicken-Rice Soup Recipe
Recipe
Ingredients
3 lb chicken pieces
8 cup water
1/2 cup celery with leaves, chopped
1/4 cup fresh parsley leaves, chopped
1 small onion
1 pinch pepper
1 bay leaf
1/4 tsp celery seeds
1/2 cup rice, uncooked
1 cup carrots, diced
Recipe
Preparation
Simmer the chicken in the water with the celery, parsley, onion,
pepper, bay leaf and celery seeds for 4 hours in a slow cooker or one
hour over low heat on the stove.
Drain the chicken broth and remove chicken pieces. (Discard bay
leaf.) Bone the chicken and chop into bite-size pieces. Combine the
broth, chicken, rice and carrots in a saucepan. Cook for 30 to 40
minutes or until the rice is tender.
1 cup - 287 calories, 3 lean meat, 1/2 bread exchange 11 grams
carbohydrate, 29 grams protein, 10 grams fat 219 mg sodium, 307 mg
potassium, 88 mg cholesterol
Source: Am. Diabetes Assoc. Holiday Cookbook by Betty Wedman 1986
Shared but not tested by Elizabeth Rodier, Nov 93.
Servings:
6
Back
to Slow Cooker Recipes
Food Tips of the Week
Diet tips
In planning a meal plan, the important thing is to try to cut down your ingestion of fat, salt and refined carbohydrates.
Some low carb diet tips:
* Use splenda as a substitute for sugar.
Many recipes that need sugar can be modified to make use of splenda. It is much lighter so you will need to do a bit of trial and error and it may not work for every dish, but it does bake up nice in most cases.
* Don't skip meals
Most low carbohydrate recipes are, well...., low in carbohydrates. Your body requires energy, and carbohydrates are a very efficient source of energy. A low carbohydrate diet needs more care in monitoring you energy levels, as any energy contributed by non-carbohydrate sources is far slower to act.
Lycopene rich foods
(includes apricots, red bell peppers & tomato puree)
The phytochemical lycopene is a simple compound used to color foods and part of the carotenid family. This chemical is accountable for the dark red color of a good number of fruit, vegetables and pulses.
Fortunately, unlike numerous healthy agents, this useful phytochemical does not become less effective if heated during cooking, but is noticeably enhanced by being cooked.
.
Its most interesting nutritional contribution is that it behaves as an antioxidant and appears to help lower the risk of cancer.
Lycopene is the most potent fighter of singlet oxygen, which is correlated with skin aging. It is also thought to prevent the progression of atherosclerosis.
Chicken-Rice Soup Recipe from the Recipes 4U Collection
You can now save money on over-priced recipe cooking books or expensive meals in poncy dining establishments, all you have to do is locate and print the recipe that you have chosen and start preparing great food to delight your friends in the comfort of your own home
|
