Recipe Review: Chicken and Wild Rice Soup

I actually made this recipe a few weeks ago, but I've been slacking off and neglected to post a review until now. This delay should not be construed as dislike of the recipe, but rather an artifact of my being really busy and not wanting to type up a recipe. I know, I'm a slacker.

In truth, the soup was delicious and easy to make. I didn't eat it fresh (though I'm sure it would have been delicious at that point), but instead ate it for lunch a couple of days later. It was delicious. I'm curious as to how well it might hold up in the freezer. I'd love to make a big batch and just have it at the ready for whenever I might need it.

Chicken and Wild Rice Soup
From Everyday Food

• 1 T olive oil
• 2 carrots, chopped
• 2 celery stalks, chopped
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 1 can (14.5 oz) chicken broth
• 2 boneless, skinless chicken thighs
• 1/3 c wild-rice blend

1. In a medium saucepan, heat oil over medium-high. Add carrots, celery, and onion; season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are crisp-tender, 3-5 minutes.

2. Add broth, chicken, rice, and 1 1/2 c water to pan. Bring to boil; reduce to a simmer, and cover. Cook until chicken in opaque throughout, 6-8 minutes. With a slotted spoon, transfer chicken to a cutting board. When cool enough to handle, shred with two forks.

3. Meanwhile, continue to cook soup, uncovered, until rice is tender, 6-8 minutes. Return chicken to pan; simmer until heated through, about 1 minute. Season with salt and pepper. (To store, place in airtight containers, and refrigerate up to 2 days; reheat over medium, about 10 minutes.)

Foiled again

Does anyone out there know anything about LCD projectors? The one in one of the classrooms I use keeps turning itself off after about a half hour into movies. We've replaced the bulb, but it just keeps doing it. It also doesn't do that when I'm just showing PowerPoint presentations, and the other projectors don't do it at all, so I know there is something up with this one. It's just so frustrating to plan on watching a movie, only to have the projector shut itself off and refuse to turn back on.

It's science!

Today and yesterday my biology classes have been extracting DNA from their own cheek cells. They seem to enjoy it and seem fascinated when they are looking at a cloud of their own DNA. Suddenly, science is cool, at least for a little while.

Now the planning begins in earnest

R and I talked with the caterer today. At least, we thought we were there to just talk about the food. It turns out that the university catering basically does all the wedding planning as well. Very helpful, but a little overwhelming.

Our contact is a woman who has organized many a wedding, leaving her much wiser in the ways of "setup" and "flow" than R and myself are. We've decided to take her recommendation and make a seating chart, even though that was one thing I really didn't want to do. I suppose it makes sense, but it seems like torture. I make enough seating charts!

I'm thinking we might go for this invitation in ore. I had been thinking green, but the green offered is a little too yellow. The ceremony is probably going to be in earthy blues and greens, so I suppose I could go with either without a problem (as an interesting aside, I really recommend this article on tetrachromats).

I can't resist a clever meme

Rachel's just looked so cool that I had to join in.

The CD Cover Meme has only three rules: (1) The first article title on this random Wikipedia page is the name of your band, (2) the last four words of the very last quote on this random quote page is the title of your album, and (3) the third picture here, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.

Inversija is a cargo airline from Latvia. My quote: "Painting: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to the critic," by Ambrose Bierce. The incredibly cute squirrel picture by Tomi Tapio.