Toss Together: Vegetable Chicken Soup

What to make for dinner? I like to plan my meals but haven’t done so in um, well, it has definitely been too long.

What to make when you have V8 juice, a can of diced tomatoes and chicken breast? Unfortunately, we aren’t big on the tomato base but eh, what if that’s all you have? I did scrounge up (lol it sounds like I scraped it off of something…I had some left in a jar in the fridge) some chicken broth (made it myself) and a can or two of veggies.

I just thought this was interesting; all different brands lol.

Here is what I did with my findings:

In a large pot poured in V8 juice (should have used two- but that means taking from dh’s stash *wink*), chicken broth (from a can and my leftovers), dumped in diced tomatoes, cut green beans and carrots. The chicken I had to thaw and then I cut it into strips. Cooked in a little oil and seasoned with salt, pepper, and garlic powder (my three most favorite ‘spices’) I cut them into chunks and added it to the soup.

      

I started the soup at about 3pm and we usually eat by 6:30pm. I figured that 3+ hours would be good to get the chicken flavored. The only thing I didn’t count on (and yet I knew better) was that the canned veggies are already soft and giving them a bath in soup only makes them soggy.

I like rice so I might cook up a little rice to toss in with my soup.

What’s your favorite ‘toss together’ meal?