I bought this soup mix over a year ago at a beautiful garden/historic home called Filoli in Woodside, California and have been meaning to turn it into soup ever since. Well, I finally got my act together and made this rather quickly to be used for lunch the next few days. I was able to make it within one hour and not be worn out too much to make dinner because very little prep work and hands-on time was required. I added 2 small carrots largely chopped and one stalk of celery sliced a little thinner and sauteed them with the chicken and onion.

Sauteeing the chicken and veggies ©EverydayCookingAdventures 2013

I discovered that you can buy this soup mix online and even at Amazon.com! However if you don’t want to look for the mix, it is composed of about 1 cup of small pasta shells, 1/2 cup of rice, 1 chopped celery, 1-2 chopped carrots, a handful of green peas, 1/2 a diced bell pepper, and a diced leek. And the yellow soup base is: corn starch, sea salt, a little sugar, onion, garlic, turmeric, and chive. The soup came out very hearty, filling and flavorful. I think I’ll keep trying to make more soups, and this mix certainly made things go a lot quicker! Here’s my chicken and vegetable soup:

Harvest Moon Chicken & Vegetable Soup ©EverydayCookingAdventures 2013

Canterbury Naturals’ Harvest Moon Chicken & Vegetable Soup

Serves 12 – 1 cup servings

Additional Ingredients Needed:

• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 lb chicken breast, chopped (or 1/2 rotisserie chicken sliced into chunks)
• 1/2 medium onion
• 2 (14.5 oz.) cans chicken broth
• 8 cups water

Directions:
1. In a large soup kettle/pot, combine olive oil, chicken (unless using rotisseries chicken) and onion. Saute over medium heat until chicken is done.
2. Add soup mix, water and broth. Cover and bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes.
3. Add pasta and cook for an additional 10 minutes.
4. Meanwhile, combine yellow colored soup base packet with 3 tbsp cold water. Stir until well blended. Add to soup while stirring. Add the rotisserie chicken if using. Cook for an additional 5 minutes. Serve.