One Pot Wonders: Chicken and Dumpling Soup

I wanted to close out this week of One Pot Wonders with a real comfort dish, and if this isn't it then I don't know what is!  It's Chicken and Dumpling Soup, Maximized Living Advanced Plan style.  You can still enjoy bread, dumplings, biscuits, cake, etc, on the Advanced Plan -- you just have to know what to put into it to make it a whole, healing food.

This soup can be prepared in advance the night before.  Simply store the crock pot in the fridge over night then set on Low in the morning before work.  The dumplings are super easy to make.  Drop them into the soup when you arrive home from work and the soup will be ready by the time you get changed and settled in.

Hope this week of One Pot Wonders has been helpful for you and your family.  Dave and I personally live off of one pot meals thru each week, so we value the variety in our Advanced Plan options.  If you have your own favorite One Pot Wonder, I would love if you would share it and I will post for all to enjoy:  elise@healingcuisinebyelise.com.

Chicken and Dumpling Soup
Makes 6 Servings

DUMPLINGS  (Makes 8)
2 cups raw almond flour (finely ground)
1 tsp sea salt
1/4 tsp black pepper
2 free-range eggs

CHICKEN SOUP
1 whole free-range chicken, roasted and shredded (3-4 cups)
4-6 cups organic vegetable stock (sodium free)
2 tsp of sea salt, or to taste
1/2 tsp fresh black pepper
1/2 tsp dried thyme
1 bay leaf
1/4 tsp dried basil
1 cup organic celery, diced
1 medium onion, diced
1 cup frozen organic green peas, thawed
1/2 cup organic carrots, peeled and diced (CORE PLAN ONLY)
1/2 cup unsweetened almond milk or organic heavy cream (optional)

1.)  Make the dumplings: Mix together eggs, sea salt, pepper and almond flour.  Mix until well-blended - will be sticky.  Shape into balls by rolling in your hands.  Place in the fridge.

2.)  In large crock pot, add all Chicken Soup ingredients except for heavy cream, filling pot with enough vegetable stock to cover the chicken and vegetables.  Cover and simmer on Low for 6 hours or High for 3 hours.  OR store in fridge over night and simmer 8 hours on Low or 4 on High.

3.)  At the last 20 minutes of cooking, remove the dumplings from the fridge and place them in the soup.  Cooking the dumplings will take about 20 minutes.  At this time, you can also stir in the (optional) heavy cream or almond milk -- makes for a more rich and opaque broth.  When dumplings are ready, you can serve!