Rainy Day Chicken Rice-grain Soup

Total Time: 6 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 6 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 18 ounces chicken breasts, boneless skinless, cubed
• 7 cups low sodium chicken broth
• 1 tablespoon sage
• 1 tablespoon marjoram
• 2 tablespoons fresh basil
• 2 tablespoons fresh rosemary
• 1 cup brown rice
• 1/4 cup rice
• 1/8 cup barley
• 1/8 cup spelt
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 3 carrots, chopped
• 1 cup portabella mushroom cap, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 3 stalks celery, chopped
• 4 cups cabbage, shredded
• salt
• pepper

Recipe

• 1 put 6 cups of chicken broth in the crock pot with the chicken breasts, the chopped carrots, the grains, and the herbs. start off the crock pot on high heat.
• 2 in dutch oven on stove, put the remainder of the ingredients together and cook on low heat until cooked through.
• 3 turn off heat under vegetable mixture and allow vegetable mixture to cool.
• 4 pour vegetable mixture into a blender and puree until smooth.
• 5 pour enough of the pureed vegetable mixture into the crock pot to thicken the soup to your liking. mix well. adjust seasonings as needed.
• 6 set crock pot on low heat and cook till dinner. the longer the better.