Chicken is quite rightly one of the most popular meats in the world.

It is virtually fat free, is protein rich, very versatile and plays a major part in many weight loss recipes.

For most people, the archetypal childhood memory food is chicken soup. Chicken soup is a versatile recipe and is frequently prepared for family members who are not well, but it is equally valuable for dieters.

Here is a especially scrumptious chicken soup recipe with a twist for you to cook at home.

Before we start cooking, a few comments on buying your chicken.

If you are able to get hold of an organic chicken, that will be better still, as it will be a purer meat, with less chance of it containing added hormones. It Is also a good policy from the animal welfare point of view, as some of the chickens sold in supermarkets are housed in conditions that are pretty shocking.

Here is the recipe for you.

The ingredient list is as follows:

2 fresh oranges (juice only)
1 black pepper (freshly ground)
2 onions (chopped and peeled)
3 tablespoons of olive oil
750 ml of chicken stock
10 cloves of garlic (halved)
8 parsnips (either fresh or pre-roasted)
1 teaspoon of salt

Preparation:

Heat oil in a pan. Place onions and cook until soft. Let 10 minutes pass and then place garlic cloves and the roasted parsnips. Leave some of the parsnips to be added later.

Fry vegetables until they are soft for 10 to 15 minutes. Stir occasionally while adding the parsnips (should be pre-roasted).

Pour the chicken stock into the vegetable mix. Put in some black pepper and salt. Allow to simmer up to 20 minutes. Liquidize this after.

To enhance taste, add seasoning and orange juice.

This dish feeds 6 family members as a starter, but you may prefer to serve it as a main dish with freshly baked bread, in which case it feeds four family members comfortably.

If you enjoy this dish, you can find a wide variety of for chicken recipes and soup recipes by visiting any of the free recipes sites on the internet.

Home cooking together~Eating meals at the family table} can be a huge boost to family morale. In these hectic days, dining together is} usually the only occasion that we get to have a conversation with our nearest and dearest Cooking at home has several strong plus points. It is usually a lot cheaper, usually significantly faster, and, as it involves less car journeys, is far kinder to the planet.