Creamy Avocado Chicken Soup

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Skill Level	Easy

Preparation Time	15 minutes	Total Time	1 - 6 hours (for stock)
Servings	6	Cost Per Serving	$2.58

1	Whole Chicken (Or you can use pieces, bone-in for better flavor)
2 cups	Leeks, cleaned and roughly chopped
3 cloves	Garlic
1 tbsp	Ginger
1/2 cup	Pearl Barley
1 tbsp	Olive Oil
To Taste	Sea Salt and Fresh Ground Black Pepper

Avocado Cashew Cream

1	Ripe Avocado
1/2 cup	Cashews, soaked in warm water
1	Lime, juice and zest
2 tbsp	Olive Oil or Avocado Oil
1/4 cup	Cilantro or Parsley
1/2 tsp	Sea Salt and Fresh Ground Black Pepper

In a large pot, add your chicken (or pieces). Cover chicken with water until it reaches about 2 inches above (or about 8 cups).
(optional) For extra flavor, you can add extra pieces of onion, carrot, leek tops or bay leaf.
Bring to a boil, cover, and reduce the heat to simmer. Cook for about one hour or until the chicken easily falls off the bone. Carefully remove chicken and transfer to a dish. Allow to cool before separating the meat from the bones. to 6 hours. Top up with extra liquid as needed.
If you want a more flavourful broth, return the bones to the stock and continue to simmer with the lid on for up to 6 hours. When ready, use a sieve to strain out the stock into a heat proof container.
For the Avocado Cream, soak your cashews in boiling water for at least 30 minutes. Add cashews with remaining ingredients. Blend, adding a little water at a time until it reaches a consistency similar to thin yogurt.
To finish your soup, in a soup pot over medium heat, add 1 tbsp of olive oil. Add leeks, garlic and ginger and cook for about 5 minutes. Add your cooked chicken, cover with stock, add barley and simmer for about 30 minutes. Once barley is cooked, remove from the heat and stir in your avocado cream.

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Avocados are mostly fat, but the type of fat in avocados is heart-healthy. Two-thirds of the fat in avocados is in the form of monounsaturated fat, the same type found in olive oil. Monounsaturated fats can help lower overall inflammation and "lousy" LDL cholesterol and increase "healthy" HDL cholesterol, reducing the risk of heart disease.
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