Lemony Chicken Florentine Soup with Quinoa

I have been basically doing nothing but eating soup and listening to Christmas music for the better part of a month.   I have about a dozen Christmas playlists on Amazon music right now.

Coffeehouse Christmas

Traditional Christmas Carols

Kids Christmas music ( gotta love that hippopotamus song!)

Acapella Christmas music

Instrumental Christmas music.

And yes my husband is a good sport about it all, and my kids have not yet started complaining.

I have meant to make this Chicken Florentine Soup for a while now.  And just so you know, I keep a post-it on my desktop computer with a HUGE list of recipes that I want to try out.  I probably will never get through all of them,  which is why I am here in the first place.

So here we are again, another week another soup in my Instant Pot.

Here is a little video I put together for you!

This soup contains super simple and healthy ingredients that I usually keep around.

Spinach

Chicken

Carrots

Celery

Quinoa

Lemon juice

This soup is super filling, but is so good for you! I have gotten into making big batches of soup lately, the leftovers make excellent lunches!

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Pressure Cooker Chicken Florentine Soup

Servings 6

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1/4 cup green onions
• 2 cloves minced garlic
• 2 carrots, chopped
• 2 celery stalks, chopped
• 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
• 1/8 cup lemon juice
• 32 ounces chicken broth
• 1.5 pounds chicken
• 10 ounce container of fresh spinach
• 1/2 cup rinsed quinoa

Instructions

1. Set your Pressure cooker to saute

2. Add olive oil, garlic, green onions, celery, and carrots. Saute until onions and celery are cooked. 

3. Add lemon juice, Italian seasoning, chicken, spinach, quinoa, and broth

4. Close pressure cooker lid cook on high pressure for 15 minutes 

5. Remove lid.  Pull chicken breasts out and shred.  Place chicken back in. 

6. Serve

I ate this for lunch for three straight days.  I added a little cheese on top on the last day.   I think the lemon juice really makes this soup.   I love cooking with lemon juice and it always adds that perfect something to so many dinners that I make.