Lemon Chicken Soup with Spinach

Morning Sweet Friends,

How ya doing today?? 

 Know many of you are having very cold weather, 

so thought this would be a great time to give you 

the recipe to this really good soup,  I told you 

about last week.  We really enjoyed it so much,

and really think it helped hubbies cold too!  lol

Also, it is very heart healthy soup, if you use

the broth I did, so check out the small print in 

the recipe, and a very easy soup to make,

 as well. 

I found the recipe in a new magazine I got

right after Christmas, called "Winter Cottage",

at least I assume it is new as I have never

seen one before."   lol

It's a Warm, Cozy, and Charming magazine 

I might add,  right up my alley.

 If you happen to have one too,  the recipe is 

on page 114, or if you would like to purchase

 one I would recommend getting it at Sam's club

 if you have a membership there, as it is a  bit

pricey, for me anyway!!  lol

Another thing I really loved about about the 

magazine was it had some pictures that covered 

the entire page, and they were so beautiful, one 

of them I used recently and if you don't 
remember or didn't see it, but want to..... 

Just click here! but read below first.
You will need to scroll almost to the bottom of 
the post.  It is the beautiful Winter scene in
the frame, within the vignette. There were
2 pics,  I did one, and decided to change it,
so it is the 2nd picture I used.

(and no I am not getting paid by anyone to

say these things about the magazine. I just

really do like it)  lol

Thought I would just include a few pics from the

magazine, so you could see.....................
This was like a section divider

Wanted to tell you that Megan's shower turned

 out really well, and her friend Heather did such

 a great job on picking the decorations and all,

  just adorable. Food was all great too......

Want tell you much else cause I am hoping I

 can get some pics soon, because I can't believe

 I went off and left my camera, I was so mad at

myself.  since we were helping we had stuff we 

had to take along with our gifts of course, and

 was so trying not to forget anything to do with

 the shower itself, so just forgot the camera!!  lol

Her family took lots of pictures so hopefully

we can get some too.

It was really a fun time had by all, and don't

think they are gonna have to buy very much!

She was really Showered!!  lol

One of the full page pictures - nice cozy family room or living room


Well,  on with the recipe..............

Pic from the magazine,  and it was a full
page pic as well..............

Lemon Chicken Soup with Spinach

Makes 13 cups

Ingredients

1 tablespoon of vegetable oil

(I always use olive oil)

4 shallots, chopped

( I had never used shallots before, so decided to use them,

 but honestly, I would just use a purple or regular onion

 next time, they are rather expensive and I couldn't tell

 any difference).

2 stalks of celery, thinly sliced

1 carrot, thinly sliced

(I used the crinkle cut sliced carrots in a bag,

 enough to look like one large carrot. lol )

2- 32 oz. containers of low-sodium chicken broth

(I used the Swanson's 100% fat free and 33% less sodium one,

 that is what makes it heart healthy)

2 bay leaves

4 cups shredded rotisserie chicken meat

(We used the 4 cups and it is a lot of chicken, so you could

easily get away with 3 cups.)

1-(6oz.) bag of baby spinach, chopped

(I missed the chopped part somehow, and just put it 

in whole and it was fine, so another step you could do 

away with if you want.)

6 tablespoons of lemon juice

(This is what really sets this soup apart from others, 

the lemon really adds such a a nice flavor.)

1 tsp. of salt

( I didn't add the salt, cause the broth really has

 enough salt for us.)

1/2 tsp. of ground black pepper

Directions

In a large pot or dutch oven, heat oil over

medium high heat.  Add the shallots, celery,

and carrot. Cook for 5 mins. or until softened.

Add Chicken broth and bay leaves, and bring

to a boil.  Lower heat, and simmer for 15

minutes.  Remove the bay leaves.

Stir in chicken, spinach, and lemon juice, salt

 and pepper.  Cook until spinach is wilted and 

chicken is heated through, about 2 mins. or so.

Then Enjoy to your Hearts Content!! 

Well, there you have it,  hope you get to try

 it out.....don't think you will be disappointed.

This was full page too!  Everytime I pick it up I love it more.....lol

Hey, have a great day!

Thanks for stoppin by



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See ya tomorrow!

Hugs, and Chicken soup

Blessings,

Nellie