D is for Delish

Now that the weather is cooling down, I really LOVE having hearty soups as meals!

At a women's retreat weekend through church recently, I was responsible for providing a soup for the participants at the Sat. lunch which is traditionally the soup & salad lunch.  I made my MIL's recipe for Tortellini Soup.

I'm sharing her recipe but I usually take liberties with the quantities because I like my soups super chunky!

Chicken Tortellini Soup

2 cups diced chicken breasts *about 3 breasts*

1 cup sliced carrots *I double it*

bay leaf

6 cups of water

1/2 cup vermouth *or cooking sherry or white wine*

3 14.5 oz cans of chicken broth or 1 29.5 oz can

1 can cream of chicken soup *I use 2*

1 large chopped onion

1 tsp *or more* each:

oregano

basil

salt

pepper

2  heaping Tbsps minced garlic

10 oz bag of chopped broccoli

1 20 oz pack of Buitoni tortellini *in the refrigerated section*

1} Cook diced chicken in small  amt of water w/ sliced carrots & bay leaf in stock pot

2}  Add rest of ingredients to pot except for broccoli & tortellini

3}  Boil until carrots are tender

4}  Add broccoli & tortellini 10 - 15 min before serving

Serve with grated white cheese of choice and/or garlicy croutons

Serves 8 - 10

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I broke out my extra large capacity crock pot to hold this quantity.  Of the 5 soups offered for lunch that day 2 were scrapin' the bottom of the barrel.  I went home with an empty crock & several requests for the recipe.  : )  I was humbled cuz I'm not a great chef - I only make what's easy!!

My crock may have been empty but my heart was full on love!  It's truly an honor to serve meals for the participants at these retreats.

If you give this recipe a try, let me know if you think it's Delish!
I think it's D bomb!!

Blessings!