Antlers Wild Rice Soup

I LOVE LOVE LOVE to try new recipes! Last week one of my dear friends and I went to a cooking class at Silver Dollar City's Culinary and Craft School. I have enjoyed several of these classes over the last several years. All of the things she has prepared are wonderful. Well this class was no different. I did tweak the recipe to eliminate some of the fat and calories from it. So I will put my tweaks in where I substituted so that you can either make it the way she did or you can make some changes like I did to make it a more healthy choice.


1/2 cup uncooked wild rice (I used Uncle Ben's Whole Grain and Wild rice)
3-14 oz cans of chicken broth, divided (I used reduced sodium, fat free chicken broth)
1 cup chopped carrots
1/2 cup chopped celery
1/2 cup chopped onion
2 cups sliced fresh mushrooms (I diced mine up)
2 tablespoons butter
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt (I used Mrs. Dash Onion and herb blend)
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1 cup heavy whipping cream (I used fat free half and half)
2 cups chopped cooked chicken

In a 4-qt. pot, combine uncooked wild rice, 2 cans of the broth, carrots, celery, and onion. Bring to a boil; reduce heat. Simmer, covered for 35-40 minutes or until rice is tender but still chewy, adding the mushrooms the last 5 minutes of cooking.

In a medium saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Stir in flour, salt, and black pepper. Add the remaining can of chicken broth.. Cook and stir until thickened and bubbly. Cook and stir 1 minute or more; stir in whipping cream. Add this mixture to the rice mixture, stirring constantly. Stir in chicken; heat through. Garnish with chives if you like. Makes 6-8 servings.

Nutrition facts WITHOUT the tweaks:
364 calories, 24 g. fat, 1016 mg. sodium, 20 g. carbs, 2 g. fiber and 20 g. protein
that would be 10 Weight Watchers points plus per serving.

With my tweaks it comes out to 4 Weight Watchers Points Plus per servings.

We really enjoyed it greatly!!!

Hope you enjoy it! It doesn't take really long to prepare!

Keep on keeping on!