Minnesota Wild Rice Soup

Cook the rice according to the package directions (I cook both kinds of rice together in one pot and use chicken broth instead of water to cook the rice.) In a medium saucepan, sauté onions in butter until tender. Blend in flour. Gradually add broth, stirring constantly until mixture slightly thickens. Stir in rice, chicken, mushrooms, almonds and salt. Simmer for 5 minutes. Blend in half-and-half and sherry. Heat to desired temperature. Serves 6-8.

The Garden Harvest Blend rice is getting hard to find. It is a combination of long grain rice, wild rice and dried vegetables. If you can’t find it, you may want to use Uncle Ben’s wild rice-long grain rice blend instead.