Chicken and wild rice 
                            Slow cooked GF

I might have mentioned before that I love soup.
There is nothing like a good hearty soup on a cold day!
Especially when your not feeling well, a nice hot bowl of soup is perfect in my book!

I wanted quick and easy...so it was a throw it all in the crockpot/slow-cooker type of day.

With so many things I needed to do today this was going to perfect...Shame I never got around to completing one job on my list...well apart from making the soup.

This is great because its Gluten free, I made it with lactose free milk (lactose free milk tastes exactly the same) No added butter or oils, so a win win really!

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The lactose free milk is not soy milk or nut milk but actual lactose free
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What you'll need

chicken ~ 500g/1/2 kg
long grain/wild rice mix ~ 1 cup (don't use the par cooked variety)
chopped onion ~ 1 cup
chopped carrot ~ 1 cup
chopped celery ~ 1/2 cup
garlic ~ 2 cloves (sliced)
Bayleaf
ground Coriander ~ 1 teaspoon
smoked paprika ~ 1 teaspoon
dried thyme ~ 1 teaspoon
dried parsley ~ 1 teaspoon
dried sage ~ 1 teaspoon
dried rosemary ~ 1 teaspoon
salt ~ 1/2 teaspoon
ground black pepper ~ 1/2 teaspoon
chicken stock ~ 8 cups
milk ~ 1 1/2 cups warmed (I used lactose free)

in the crockpot add the chicken, rice and all the veggies, bayleaf, sliced garlic and herbs and spices
pour in the chicken stock and mix.
cook for 3 hours on high


After 2 1/2 hours, remove the chicken and bayleaf, also remove some liquid form the pot
warm the milk, enough to just warm up
add the liquid to the warmed milk and mix
add the milk and liquid mix back to the crockpot/slow cooker and mix well

shred the chicken

stir the chicken back into the crockpot

Enjoy!