I'm a busy girl these days, working full-time, freelancing for a newspaper and blogging five days a week. As much as I love to cook, by the time I finish my work each day I'm exhausted and all I want to do is curl up with a book and have food ready to eat.
Thus, every Sunday evening is spent in my kitchen, preparing foods that work beautifully as leftovers for the work week ahead: savory tarts, stew, casseroles, pretty much anything healthy that can be divided up easily and reheated.
This Sunday, after two days spent outside in freezing rain and deep snow,
I wanted to warm my bones with hot, soothing soup. I didn't have the ingredients for "real" soup recipes, so I got creative, making it up as I went.
It turned into a lovely chicken soup, thick and hearty with carrots, celery, onion, potatoes and barley,
and cilantro and fresh lime juice to zest it up.
With tortilla chips on the side, it's the perfect lunch for a rainy Washington day.
Chicken Soup with Cilantro and Lime
8 cups chicken stock
1 large yellow onion, chopped
2 stalks celery, diced
2 large carrots, diced
1/3 cup barley
1-2 tsp dried cilantro
1 large can chicken, shredded
ground black pepper to taste
1 lime, cut into wedges
I could use that soup right now. It has all goodies in it. In this weather, there is nothing nicer than a hot bowl of soup with lots of vegetables.
ReplyDeleteI agree! It's such lovely comfort food :-)
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