Thick Crock Pot Tomato Vegetable Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 carrots, sliced
2 stalks celery, sliced
1 zucchini, sliced
1/4 cup dried onion flakes
1 teaspoon Italian herb seasoning
1/2 teaspoon black pepper, ground
2 garlic cloves, crushed
3 teaspoons beef stock powder
2 cups water
2 (400 g) cans tomatoes, crushed
1 (600 g) can red kidney beans, drained and rinsed
1/2 cup tomato paste
1 skinless chicken breast, cooked and diced
1/2 cup frozen peas
1 cup cooked brown rice

Preparation

Add the first 12 ingredients to the crock pot (except extra kidney beans).
Stir well.
Cook on low for 8 hours.
Before serving stir in the chicken, rice, extra kidney beans and peas.
Allow to heat through and serve.
I keep cooked chicken in portions in the freezer (from recipe#36944) and also the rice (recipe#56242) making this very easy to prepare.
This recipe is gluten free as long as you use gluten free stock powder (such as Massell brand).