Lemon Chicken Quinoa Soup

Made this twice in one week because it was requested AGAIN by my 7, 5 and 3 year old. I call that success and deserving of a blog post!

1 whole free range chicken cooked

6 cups chicken stock

1 white onion chopped

3 celery stalks diced

3 carrots diced

3 cloves of fresh garlic minced

1cup fresh sliced mushrooms 

3 cups fresh baby spinach

1/2 cup uncooked quinoa

1 1/2 tbsp thyme

1 tsp oregano

1 1/2 tsp parsley

1 tbsp olive oil

Juice and zest from 2 lemons

Pepper and Himalayan salt to taste

1. Using your preferred method, I prefer to roast my chicken first for this recipe, you can boil the whole chicken in water or use a precooked rotissere chicken, put the whole chicken in a large stock pot and add water. Bring to a boil and allow meat to fall off bone. Remove bones from broth. Make sure you have about 6 cups of broth. 

2. Heat oil in sauté pan and add garlic, onions, celery and carrots. Cook till tender. Add mushrooms last 2 minutes. 

3. Add vegetables to broth. Bring to a boil. Season with herbs and salt and pepper. 

4. Add quinoa to broth. 

5. Pick all meat of bones of chicken and add to broth. 

6. Boil soup till quinoa is cooked (about 10-15 minutes). 

7. Add spinach, lemon juice and zest. Stir well. Allow to sit for about 5 minutes. 

 

Serve and ENJOY!!