Chicken pasta soup 2/2/2011



Prep: 2 minutes; Cook: 22 minutes

Prep Time: 2 minutes
Cook Time: 22 minutes
Yield: 6 servings (serving size: 1 1/2 cups)

Ingredients

• Cooking spray
• 2  (6-ounce) skinless, boneless chicken breasts, cut into bite-sized pieces
• 1  (8-ounce) container refrigerated prechopped celery, onion, and bell pepper mix
• 1  cup  matchstick-cut carrots
• 1/4  teaspoon  freshly ground black pepper
• 7  cups  fat-free, less-sodium chicken broth
• 1  cup  uncooked whole wheat rotini (corkscrew pasta)

Preparation

1. Heat a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Add chicken and next 3 ingredients; cook 6 minutes or until chicken begins to brown and vegetables are tender, stirring frequently. Add broth; bring to a boil. Add pasta, reduce heat to medium, and cook 8 minutes or until pasta is done.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

156 (14% from fat)

Fat:

3g (sat 0.6g,mono 0.6g,poly 0.4g)

Protein:

20.4g

Carbohydrate:

12.8g

Fiber:

2.8g

Cholesterol:

40mg

Iron:

1.4mg

Sodium:

723mg

Calcium:

27mg

Cooking Light Fresh Food Fast, Oxmoor House, APRIL 2009