[blindweightwatcher] Zone-Style Chicken Minestrone Soup

  • From: "Jan Bailey" <jb021951@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <blindweightwatcher@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 16:32:53 -0600

Zone-Style Chicken Minestrone Soup

1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breast

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 onion, diced

2 stalks celery, diced

1 teaspoon garlic powder

2 teaspoons basil, dried

1 teaspoon thyme, dried

2 carrots, diced

1 tomato, diced

14-1/2 ounces fat-free chicken broth

1 small head cabbage, diced

1 small zucchini, diced

14-1/2 ounces beans, cooked (kidney or green)

1/3 cup pasta, dry (like macaroni)

* Cut chicken into bite-sized pieces and brown in oil in a large pot.
Remove chicken from pot.

* Add onion, celery, garlic, basil and thyme to pot and cook on
medium for 2 minutes.

* Add carrots and cook 2 more minutes, covered.

* Add chicken, tomato and broth and simmer 15 minutes, covered.

* Add cabbage and zucchini and simmer 15 more minutes, covered.

* Add kidney beans and macaroni and cook 10 minutes, covered.

* Add basil and remove from heat.

Nutrition information: 1 cup has 1.2 protein blocks, 1.1 carbohydrate
blocks and 1/2 fat block.

To make a meal you need to add fat.

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