{"id":2491,"date":"2020-10-24T17:51:36","date_gmt":"2020-10-24T17:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mylifeinexcrement.wordpress.com\/?p=2491"},"modified":"2026-08-17T15:50:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T15:50:31","slug":"vegetable-rice-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mylifeinexcrement.com\/?p=2491","title":{"rendered":"Vegetable Rice Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We tried this soup because it was Saturday, the meal plan had gotten completely horked up over several unexpected events and the unavailability of ingredients.  I found it in The Food Lab by Kenji (<a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/books\/the-food-lab-better-home-cooking-through-science\/9780393081084\">here<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblio.com\/9780393081084\">here<\/a>) and left out the chicken.  I hope he doesn&#8217;t mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&lt;40 paragraphs of unnecessary story and over-produced pictures&gt;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Serves our family for one meal using some toast or other side bread.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Time: 30 minutes, a real 30 minutes with the chopping and everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ingredients<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>2 Quarts of Chicken Stock or reconstituted Stock Concentrate<\/li><li>2 Medium Carrots, Chopped<\/li><li>2 Medium Celery Stalks, 1\/4 inch slices<\/li><li>1 Yellow Onion, Chopped<\/li><li>1\/2 cup, your favorite long grain white rice, raw<\/li><li>1 tbsp dried Parsley<\/li><li>2 cups of Kale, torn into 1-inch piece, optional (I didn&#8217;t have it this time):<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Directions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Combine the stock, carrots, celery, onion, and rice in a Dutch oven and bring to a boil over high heat.<\/li><li>Reduce to a simmer and cook until the vegetables are almost tender, about 15 minutes.<\/li><li>Add the Kale, if using, and cook until all the vegetables and the rice are tender, about 5 minutes longer. <\/li><li>Stir in the parsley.  Season to taste with salt and pepper.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That&#8217;s it.  Serve it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We tried this soup because it was Saturday, the meal plan had gotten completely horked up over several unexpected events and the unavailability of ingredients. I found it in The Food Lab by Kenji (here or here) and left out the chicken. I hope he doesn&#8217;t mind. &lt;40 paragraphs of unnecessary story and over-produced pictures&gt; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mylifeinexcrement.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mylifeinexcrement.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mylifeinexcrement.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mylifeinexcrement.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mylifeinexcrement.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2491"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mylifeinexcrement.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2514,"href":"https:\/\/mylifeinexcrement.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2491\/revisions\/2514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mylifeinexcrement.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mylifeinexcrement.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mylifeinexcrement.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}