Barilla Slow Cooker Roasted Chicken Soup with Pasta $100 Giveaway
Chicken Noodle Soup. It’s good for the family, good for the soul, good for the “sickies,” and brings comfort and warmth and togetherness and love.
No matter the scenario, when made correctly, it brings nourishment.
My scenario? Last week, Barilla® sent me a few boxes of their Whole Grain Pasta to try. I knew I’d make spaghetti with the spaghetti noodles, but decided to try something different with the shells (conchiglie). I wanted to make a Slow Cooker Roasted Chicken Soup with Pasta. The soup seemed like a good choice, especially at this wintery, cold time of year (we had our first snow day the day I made it), and with kids and family members getting sick.
I filled my slow cooker to the BRIM with delicious ingredients, including Barilla® pasta!
This recipe might be a different way of making the soup, but using a pre-roasted chicken from the market was the bomb! So easy, so flavorful, with results that were fantastic and loved by all. I was able to feed my family several meals with just one box of pasta!
I quizzed them about how they liked the pasta and we compared it to the egg noodles I usually use (Barilla® Whole Grain is much healthier!). Then I shared information about the nutritional value of Barilla pasta with my family. We were all impressed!
— Cooking with Barilla® Whole Grain Pasta is a way to get whole grains into your diet because it’s made with 51% whole wheat (with 3x the fiber of regular pasta). There is also a TASTE GUARANTEE with Barilla®. If you don’t love their whole grain pasta, you get a box of your favorite Barilla® pasta for free! How cool is that?
Before I share the recipe today, I’d love for you to look at the TryBarillaWholeGrain.com page and the “Dinner Kit” for recipes link. Check out the tools that make it easy to put healthy and extraordinary meals on your table!
Get the Recipe:
Slow Cooker Roasted Chicken Soup with Pasta Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 quarts chicken broth
- 2 Tbsp. olive oil
- 1 1/2 cup carrots, cut into 1/4-inch slices
- 1 1/2 cup celery, cut into 1/4-inch slices
- 1 1/2 cup onions, chopped
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 fresh bay leaves
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 4 teaspoons salt, to taste
- 1 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper, to taste
- 1 store-boughtroasted chicken
- 12 oz. frozen Green Peas
- 1 13 oz. box Barilla® Whole Grain Pasta, uncooked In medium pan
Instructions
- Heat olive oil and sautee garlic, onions, celery, and carrots for 5 minutes. In slow-cooker bowl combine carrots, celery, onion, garlic mixture and bay leaves, thyme, salt and pepper.
- Place the whole roasted chicken on top of the vegetables. Cover with 1 quart of chicken stock and spices. Cover slow cooker with lid and cook on high 4-5 hours.
- Transfer chicken to cutting board. Discard bay leaves. Add 1 quart of chicken stock. Add pasta to simmering broth, cook for half the required time; let the pasta rest for 30 minutes to absorb the flavors and finish cooking.
- While the pasta cooks, remove and discard skin, fat and bones from chicken; chop up the meat.
- Return the chicken to soup; put the frozen peas in hot water for 1-2 minutes; add the peas.
- Stir, make sure heated through, salt and season to taste. SERVE!
How to win $100?
SWEEPSTAKES Question: What do you love about Barilla® Whole Grain?
Rules:
No duplicate comments.
You may receive (2) total entries by selecting from the following entry methods:
a) Leave a comment in response to the sweepstakes prompt on this post.
b) Tweet about this promotion @BarillaUS with the following unique term in your message #BarillaWG and link to your tweet in a comment on this post.
c) Blog about this promotion and leave the URL to your post in a comment on this post.
d) For those with no Twitter or blog, read the official rules to learn about an alternate form of entry.
This giveaway is open to U.S. Residents age 18 or older.
Winners will be selected via random draw, and will be notified by e-mail.
You have 72 hours to get back to me, otherwise a new winner will be selected.
The Official Rules are available here.
This sweepstakes runs from 2/21/12-3/31/12.
Be sure to visit the Barilla® Whole Grain round-up page on BlogHer.com where you can read other bloggers’ reviews and find more chances to win!
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That looks so yummy! We love the flavor, and the fact it is healthier for you. sweepmorey at gmail dot com
I love the healthiness of the extra fiber. Pasta is sometimes shown as a fattening food, but the whole wheat adds some great benefits to pasta. Most of the time my family doesn’t even notice!
Judy :)
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I love that Barilla Whole Grain has way more fiber than regular pasta!
Yum! I actually prefer whole grain pasta over the regular white kind because I like my pasta firm. I often buy Barilla when I have a coupon for it.
Pasta that is good for you AND tastes good! Ya can’t go wrong!
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I like that its healthy for my and my kids can’t tell the difference! thanks
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I tweeted about this giveaway: https://twitter.com/#!/ctong2/status/180935097015476224
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I love Barilla’s Whole Grain Pasta because it provides more fiber, it is nutritious and delicious. I have been buying the Barilla’s regular pasta for many years and switched to this whole grain once I tried and love it’s texture.
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https://twitter.com/#!/purplelover04/status/180898174192455680
I like it’s whole grain and also taste great plus is all natural
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That looks yummy!
Aside from the obvious health reasons, I love Barilla Whole Grain because it adds a bit more flavor and texture than regular pasta. I love a food that’s both healthier and tastier!
https://twitter.com/#!/HappyTina0115/status/179578429698613248
I love the taste
https://twitter.com/#!/mermont84/status/179519345637081088
i love the health benefits- and it tastes good too!
I love that it is easy find in most stores and it is tasty.
I have to admit that I prefer white pasta, but we’ve made the switch and I love that Barilla is a really great source of fiber for our family’s diet….especially for my sons who eat a lot of the wrong foods when left to their own devices.
https://twitter.com/#!/praisetruth/status/178240394612576256
I love how healthy it is. It’s a great way to add whole grains to our diet. I love your recipe also.
I love the fact that it delivers three times the fiber of regular pasta and still tastes delicious!
Tweet: https://twitter.com/#!/didyouyarnthat/status/178081027502256128
I love the nutty flavor, which is exactly what my husband dislikes so I end up using Barilla whole grain for vegetarian lunches for me.
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