Chicken Soup

I know we are coming to the end of winter and soup season is almost over, but here is one of my favorite chicken soups. It's a soup that will keep you full and not require you to eat the entire pot!
This will take about 20-30 minutes to prepare and cook, fast and easy.

Ingredients for 4 people:                                       

Leeks between 3 and 4. Mostly depends on the size
2 chicken breast, diced
7 cups of water
7 chicken bouillon cubes - I often take half in vegetable cubes
250g of spinach - I use frozen, but fresh is just as good of course. I didn't note the American weight down before I threw away the bag
Salt + Peber
Rice 0.5 cup. if you want it more filling you just add more rice, but then you have to consider the amount of water too.
Garlic 1-2 cloves
                                                                                   Parmesan cheese

This recipe is so easy, and if you want to double it, that is easy too. And does not make any complications

You chop leeks and chicken, put it in a pot with rice, bouillon cubes, garlic and water. Bring it to a boil and
let it simmer for 15 minutes, just make sure chicken and rice are cooked.

Then you add the spinach and let the soup cook for 5 minutes more. If you use frozen spinach you don't have to defrost it. I take the bag out of the freezer when I start the meal, and that is good enough.






End result. May not look tasty, but I promise you it is.

Serve and sprinkle it with Parmesan cheese and you have a delicious filling chicken soup.

Brands?

As you will notice when I cook or bake, there will be many generic brands, and my recipes will never say "you must use Farmer Joe's flour" (honestly I don't know if that even exist). Some might say certain brands taste better or healthier, and I won’t argue about that. But I understand that there are some who have a limited budget, my self included, to buy expensive ingredients.

I may use special ingredients, but mostly that is when I use Danish recipes, but I shall try and compensate and suggest what or how much to use of something similar you can buy in the store.

My only thumb rule when I do buy groceries is, try to avoid artificial flavoring and such. That is really not healthy for you. But I don’t care if you use organic vegetables, dairy products or meat; that is all your decision. I just know in a household of four, there are simply things too expensive to buy.

It's really strange for me to go into a store and see "Artificially flavored" on the foods, in Denmark that is very rare, and many people would not buy it, was it available. Even our candy is natural flavored, and not artificially. 

Same goes for fabrics and yarn. For my part I buy what feels nice and I don’t check if the sheep delivering the wool was organic, or if the cotton was grown organic, if the price is right I will buy it.

Don't misunderstand me and take me for someone who doesn't care about the environment because I do. I just don't have the privilege to pick and choose like that.