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You can use rice, or soaked beans or a soup bean mix that you must soak in water first or a combination. I tried the combination here because I still had some soup mix left from a previous trip to the bulk food store. These stores are an excellent place to buy a lot of dry ingredients that I store in used spaghetti sauce jars. These can be just washed in the dishwasher (lid as well) and reused. One shelf in the pantry cupboard contains most of these ingredients.

The Stuff

1 boneless/skinless chicken breast cut up into very small pieces
12 cups of water
4 tbsp chicken broth soup mix
1 large carrot cut up into small pieces
1 onion, chopped
1 cup of rice and 1 cup of dry beans, or 2 cups of rice
1 can of tomato paste, 2 if you want more tomato flavour
1 tsp. salt
1 tbsp. chili powder (adds a little heat)
ground pepper

What To Do

This is what I love about the crickpot aka slow cooker. After you have cut up all the ingredients that need to be treated that way, just put everything into the pot. Set the timer for 8 hours and cook on low. In 8 hours you have a great soup.

Freeze what is left in those 2 cup sized freezer bowls with lids and you will have a ready meal for the microwave when you feel the urge for soup. If you have any other vegetables in the refrigerator that are going to go off shortly, just add them to the soup.

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