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Making soup helps me to slow down. I love going out in my gar- den and picking herbs to add into my soup. It’s impossible not to stop to smell the basil, oregano, rosemary and thyme. I usually throw three to four herbs in the
pot, regardless of what the recipe says. I feel like the herbs go in as friends, and by the time the soup is done, they’re family. There is something so satisfying about soup that nourishes our mind, body and spirit. A pot full of ingredients that synergistically
teaches us a life lesson: decide what you want, do the work, reap the rewards. It teaches us to joyfully anticipate the end result while being present in the mo- ment.
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The Grateful Gourmet
BY MAILE ANDRUS-PRICE
Discovering The Soulful Satisfaction Of This Soup
MAI’S CHICKEN GNOCCHI SOUP
Ingredients
• 1 roasted chicken breast, chopped
• 1 sweet onion, chopped
• 2 carrots chopped into bite-sized pieces
• 3 ribs of celery, chopped
• 1 medium zucchini, chopped
• 1-2 bay leaves
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano or 3 teaspoons
fresh oregano
• 1/2 teaspoon thyme
• 1/2 teaspoon basil
• 1 teaspoon rosemary
• 1 16-ounce package of gnocchi • Salt and pepper to taste
Ingredients for spinach gremolata topping • 4 cups spinach
• Zest and juice of 1/2 a lemon
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 3 cloves minced garlic
• 1 cup grated manchego cheese Preparation
Put chopped chicken in a pot with all of the juices from the container it came in. Add enough water to cover the chicken, plus 6 cups. Add all the spices, veggies and bay leaf in the pot (everything except the gnocchi). Bring to a boil and simmer for 30 minutes. Add gnocchi and simmer uncovered, until the gnocchi floats to the top — about 5 minutes. Remove and throw the bay leaf away. Mix the gremolata ingredients together. Place a healthy amount of gremolata over the hot soup.
improves as it sim- mers; the rich aroma that wafts through the house and the neighborhood. It’s pure comfort. Why? Maybe the satis- faction comes from choosing what you want to make, and getting it in a short time. Making soup
Here is one of my most favor- ite soup recipes. The gremolata is a topping you add after serving the soup. It creates a scrumptious surprise that makes your taste buds do a happy dance. This soup feeds you on so many levels.
Keep up with Maile An- drus-Price at findinggodingour- met.com or visit her YouTube (@maileandrus-price4351) or Instagram (@findinggodingour- met).
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