5 soup recipes to warm you up

What better way to warm up from the frigid Lennoxville winter weather than with a big batch of homemade soup? Here are 5 healthy, easy soup recipes from the Sodexo team at Dewies for you to try at home.

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Mindful Grilled Chicken Tortilla Soup

Ingredients:

• 4.5 ounces of diced chicken breast
• 1 ounce baked tortilla strips
• 1 5/8 pint of chicken stock
• 1.5 tsp of lime juice
• 3 tsp canola oil
• 1 5/8 ounce diced yellow onions
• 2 tbsp minced fresh garlic
• 1.5 tsp fresh jalapeño peppers, seeded and minced
• 1.5 tsp ancho chili powder
• 1 ¼ whole bay leaves
• 1.5 tsp ground cumin
• 4 ounces diced tomatoes, no salt added, drained and pureed
• 1/3 ounce of cornstarch
• 3 tsp cold water
• 3 ½ ounces diced tomatoes, no salt added, drained NOT pureed
• 3 tsp chopped fresh cilantro
• ½ ounce fresh green onions, sliced thin
• Salt and pepper (to your liking)

Preparation:

• Heat large stock pot over medium high heat. Add oil, onions, garlic, and jalapeno peppers. Sauté for 1 to 2 minutes, until aromatic and lightly browned.
• Add ancho chili powder, bay leaves and cumin. Sauté 1-2 minutes.
• Stir in pureed tomato and chicken stock. Bring to a simmer.
• Combine cornstarch and water until well blended. Whisk into soup. Return to a simmer.
• Stir in chicken, diced tomatoes, and cilantro. Simmer 2 minutes.
• Remove bay leaves, Stir in lime juice and green onions.
• When ready to serve – add baked tortilla strips as garnish.

Mindful Butternut Squash & Sweet Potato Soup

Ingredients:

• 1 7/8 quart vegetable stock
• 1.5 pound butternut squash, peeled and seeded, coarsely chopped
• 1 ¼ pound sweet potato, peeled, coarsely chopped
• 1 tbsp canola oil
• 1/8 tsp ground black pepper
• 2 ¼ tsp canola oil
• 4 ¾ ounce of yellow onions, diced
• 4 ¾ ounces fresh leeks – white only
• 1.5 tsp chopped fresh garlic
• ½ tsp minced fresh ginger root
• ½ tsp ground cumin
• 4 ¾ ounce cooking sherry
• ½ tsp ground nutmeg
• 2 3/8 ounce light brown sugar
• ¾ tsp kosher salt
• ½ tsp ground white pepper
• 1 1/8 cup fat free milk

Preparation:

• Coat butternut squash and yams with 1^st listed oil and black pepper.
• Place in single layer on sheet pan – roast in preheated 425F oven for 25 to 30 minutes or until tender.
• Heat 2^nd listed oil in stock pot. Add onions and leeks, sweat for 5 minutes. Add garlic, ginger and cumin. Cook 5 minutes.
• Add sherry, nutmeg, roasted squash and yams. Stir to combine. Add stock, brown sugar, salt and white pepper.
• Bring to a boil. Reduce heat, simmer for 25 to 30 minutes or until vegetables are tender.
• Puree soup, return to pot, or use hand blender. Whisk in fat free milk, heat through.

Mindful Chicken Noodle Soup

Ingredients:

• 1.5 pints chicken stock
• 4 ounces of poached chicken breast, diced
• 2 ¾ ounces of bowtie noodles
• ¾ tsp of canola oil
• 2 1/3 ounces of chopped yellow onions
• 1 ounce of diced celery
• 1 ounce diced fresh, peeled carrots
• 3/8 ounce cornstarch
• 2 tbsp water
• Fresh flat leaf parsley, chopped
• Pinch of fresh dillweed
• Pinch of chopped fresh thyme
• 3/8 tsp kosher salt
• 1/8 tsp ground black pepper

Preparation:

• Heat oil in stock pot over medium heat.
• Add onion, sauté 3 minutes.
• Add celery and carrots. Sauté for 5 minutes or until translucent.
• Add stock, bring to a boil. Reduce heat, simmer 10 minutes.
• Add chicken, return to a simmer.
• In a small bowl, combine water and cornstarch. Whisk until smooth texture (slurry).
• Slowly whisk slurry into soup. Mix constantly until further incorporated.
• Return to a boil, whisking constantly, reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Stir in parsley, dilly, thyme, salt and pepper. Stir to combine.

Mindful Chicken Brunswick stew with Pulled Chicken

Ingredients:

• 1.5 pint vegetable stock
• 2 ounces shredded chicken
• 1 bay leaf
• Fresh parsley
• 1 ounce diced celery
• 1 ounce peeled, diced potatoes
• 1 yellow onions, diced
• 1 ounce of frozen corn kernels
• 1 ounce of frozen baby lima beans
• Pinch of fresh cracked black pepper
• Pinch of fresh oregano
• 4 ¼ ounces tomatoes cut in quarters

Preparation:

• In large stock pot, combine stock, chicken, bay leaves, parsley and celery. Simmer for 30 minutes or until chicken is soft.
• Add potato, onion, corn, lima beans, pepper and oregano. Simmer for 30 minutes, or until vegetables are tender.
• Stir in tomato, simmer 10 minutes.
• Remove all bay leaves before serving!

Mindful Cream of Broccoli Soup

Ingredients:

• 1 ¼ quart vegetable stock
• 2 3/8 tsp canola oil
• 3 ¾ ounce diced yellow onions
• 3 ¾ ounce diced fresh celery
• 2 3/8 tsp minced fresh garlic
• 3 ¼ ounce all-purpose flour
• 1 5/8 pound of fresh broccoli florets, coarsely chopped
• 1 ¾ cup fat free milk
• 1 ¼ tsp Frank’s red hot sauce
• 1 tsp kosher salt
• 4 ounces shredded mozzarella, partly skimmed
• ¾ tsp chopped fresh tarragon
• Salt and pepper (to your liking)

Preparation:

• In a large stock pot, add oil, onions, celery and garlic. Sauté for 3-5 minutes or until onions are translucent.
• Stir in flour, cook for 2-3 minutes stirring constantly.
• Stir in stock, bring to a boil.
• Add broccoli, return to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 15-20 minutes or until broccoli is tender.
• Stir in milk and hot sauce. Return to a simmer.
• Using an immersion blender, process soup to a smooth puree.
• Add salt and mozzarella cheese. Stir until cheese is melted and soup is smooth. Garnish with tarragon.

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