I created this today ... YUM!!

1/2 pound dry chick peas (soaked the night before)
12 cups of water, add more later
3 tablespoons of chicken base (it's what I had on hand, you could use
chicken broth in place of the water)
1 cup chopped carrots
1 1/2 cup of corn (I used frozen)
1/2 cup chopped onion
3 chicken breasts, boneless, skinless
1 1/3 cup quinoa
4 cups of chopped Kale maybe a bit more. I bought a huge bunch from the
Farmers Market.
2 cloves of garlic

Soak the chick peas over night, then cook for about one hour. Rinse.
Separate the chick peas, put 1/2 in the pot, save the other half for later.
Add water, chicken breasts, carrots, chicken soup base and onion. Cook until
the chicken is mostly done. Remove the chicken from the pot and dice.
Return to the pot.
Put the remainder of the chick peas in a blender, add the garlic, blend
well, adding some of the broth from the soup. Pour into the pot.
Add the Quinoa, cook for at least 15 min.
Add the chopped Kale, cook until done. You may have to add a little extra
water to make more broth. It depends on how thick you like your soup.

Run to the bakery while cooking and buy some heavenly crusty bread. (ok, I
didn't run, I walked to the bakery good enough)

My DH and kids (8 and 4 year old) LOVED this soup. I did as well. My 8
year old requested it in her packed school lunch tomorrow. Her wish will be
granted

On Sep 23, 5:18 pm, "Knit Chic" wrote:
I created this today ... YUM!!

[snip ingredients]

Soak the chick peas over night, then cook for about one hour. Rinse.
Separate the chick peas, put 1/2 in the pot, save the other half for later.
Add water, chicken breasts, carrots, chicken soup base and onion. Cook until
the chicken is mostly done. Remove the chicken from the pot and dice.
Return to the pot.\ [snip]

Sounds delicious. I'm curious why you didn't cut up the chicken
before putting it in the pot. Seems like an unnecessary step to fish
it out, cut it, and return it.

Do you use quinoa in other things? -aem

"aem" wrote in message
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On Sep 23, 5:18 pm, "Knit Chic" wrote:
I created this today ... YUM!!

[snip ingredients]

Soak the chick peas over night, then cook for about one hour. Rinse.
Separate the chick peas, put 1/2 in the pot, save the other half for
later.
Add water, chicken breasts, carrots, chicken soup base and onion. Cook
until
the chicken is mostly done. Remove the chicken from the pot and dice.
Return to the pot.\ [snip]

Sounds delicious. I'm curious why you didn't cut up the chicken
before putting it in the pot.

Cutting up raw chicken grosses me out. You could do it either way.

Seems like an unnecessary step to fish
it out, cut it, and return it.


Your right, I just find that cutting up cooked chicken is a bit easier.

Do you use quinoa in other things? -aem



Not so much .. but I'm working on it. I think I'll make baked fish w/
quinoa at some point this week. Do you?

"Knit Chic" wrote in message
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Your right, I just find that cutting up cooked chicken is a bit easier.

snip

I use my kitchen shears.