Creamy Chicken-Spinach Soup

Submitted by ratherbeswimmin

"From Cooking Light. Per serving: 300 calories, 7 g fat, 24.7 g protein, 35 g carb, 2.6 g fiber, 68 mg cholesterol."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 1 (9 ounce) package refrigerated cheese tortellini
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can fat-free chicken broth
• 2 (10 3/4 ounce) cans reduced-fat cream of chicken soup
• 1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed
• 1 (9 ounce) package frozen diced cooked chicken breasts (or left-over cooked chopped chicken breast)
• 2 cups nonfat milk
• 1⁄2 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper

directions

1. Cook tortellini in a saucepan according to package directions, using 1 can of broth instead of water.
2. Add in soup and remaining ingredients, stirring well.
3. Bring to a boil; cover, lower heat to medium, and cook until thoroughly heated.

Reviews

[diest]

Very good soup. I left out the skim milk. I omitted the tortellini/subbed orzo. Added: extra veggies: garlic,carrots,scallions, my turkey stock. I used 2 cans of cream of chicken soups and just added leftover frozen thanksgiving turkey meat. Thank God this recipe uses up the last of it!! LOL!

 

[Marilyn Collari]

Great low cal and healthy meal. My picky daughter is not crazy about spinach but I thought I would give this a try. She LOVED it. I used left over chicken and it came out great. Thanks for sharing.

 

[HisPixie]

Nice, tasty & easy. I didn't use the low fat ingredients, as I don't particularly care for them--I went with full fat (except I used 1% milk). I wasn't sure about the tortellini directions as it said to "follow package" directions but to use 1 can chicken broth...well the directions call for 2 quarts of water so I wasn't sure if I were suppose to omit that much water or just use some water, some broth (which is what I did). I will add some extra veggies next time too...I like the idea of some carrots. Thanks! I'll make this again.

 

[JillAZ]

Easy,easy,easy with great flavor! We really loved this soup. I had to use about a cup more chicken broth than called for as my soup was very thick, almost stew like. The leftovers reheat very well. Thanks for sharing a great dish!

 

[jellyko]

Left out tortellini but will try using it sometime. Flavor was great! All my favorites and think highly of your recipes nurse Di! thanks.