Greek Lemon Chicken Soup

I made this recipe last night for dinner. The kids and I loved it. Kids both asked for seconds :) The recipe is out of Pampered Chef  'Its Good For You' First I will post the original recipe and then the way I made it ;)

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Greek Lemon Chicken Soup 

2 cups chopped cooked chicken

2 medium carrots, coarsly chopped

1/2 cup chopped onion

1-2 lemons

2TBLS snipped fresh Parsley

1 garlic Clove, Pressed

1 can (10 3/4 oumce) 98% fat free reduced-sodium

cream of chicken soup

3 cans (14 1/2 ounces ea) 100% fat free chicken broth

1/4 tsp ground black pepper 

2/3 cup uncooked long-grain white rice

My Tweeks

4 medium Carrots

added 4 ribs of celery chopped

1 cup onion

2 garlic cloves

2/3 cup wild rice

also the cream of chicken was just regular. I didnt have any parsley so I just didnt add it.

1. Chop chicken, carrots onion and celery. Zest one lemon using 1 tsp. Juice Lemon(s) for 1/4 cup juice. Snip parsley and set aside.

2. Heat large pot over med heat until hot. Lightly spray with non stick cooking spray. Add carrots onion and garlic; cook and stir to min. Stir in chicken, lemon zest, juice, soup, chicken broth and black pepper; bring to a boil. Stir in Rice; reduce heat. Cover; simmer over low heat 15-20 min (50 min for wild rice) or until rice is tender. Remove from heat; stir parsley into soup just before serving.

yield is 8 Servings.

I would say it feeds 4 healthy eaters :)

If you try it out let me know what you think!