Friday, February 8, 2013

Chicken Soup

Yesterday I was very excited when I arrived home to find a box waiting for me at the mailbox.  I opened it and found a sample of Campbell's Roasted Chicken & Chardonnay Slow Kettle Soup with roasted tomatoes, aged parmasean and pasta waiting for me. 

Roasted Chicken & Chardonnay with fire-roasted tomatoes, aged parmesan & pasta

Paul was excited because it made his lunch making job easier, I was excited when I looked at the ingredients and realized there was no MSG in it.  This is one of the only chicken soups, and the only in a convenient heatable package, that I can eat due to a MSG allergy that gives me killer migraines.  I was especially excited to have this soup coming right out of an observation (which, by the way, didn't happen due to the two hour rain delay we experienced this morning).

I am not typically a big fan of pre-made soups, especially recently, but will admit that I would probably get this again if I found a great deal on it.  It had a great flavor, not too chardonnay-y, but just a hint, and the fire roasted tomatoes provided a great smokey balance to the soup.  The chicken was better than most processed, soup chicken, it actually looked like chicken, not foamy chunks of "meat."

A down side would be the salt.  Almost 3 hours later and I still feel like I licked a salt lick.  I realize that part of that is to enhance the flavor, part is to preserve, especially since they advertise "no preservatives" in big letters on the packaging.
Long story short, would I buy this product again?  Yes, for occasional eating.  Would I recommend it to a friend?  Yes, as long as they don't have high blood pressure.



**I was compensated with a free sample of the Campbell's soup, along with socks and coupons through Smiley360.

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