WW Recipe of the Day - Slow Cooker Ham and Wild Rice Soup
Looking for a delicious easy peasy soup recipe perfect for cold winter nights?
How about a pot of slow cooker ham and wild rice soup?
WW Friendly Creamy Ham and Wild Rice Soup
Just toss together a few ingredients into your slow cooker in the morning and it will be waiting for you at dinnertime.
How wonderful is that?
Skinny on Slow Cooker Ham & Wild Rice Soup
I was going to substitute fat free evaporated milk for the half-and-half in this ham and wild rice soup, but after checking my Weight Watchers calculator and determining that it only decreased the calories per cup by 8, I decided it wasn't worth it.
Hearty and delicious, Rod and I really enjoyed this soup for supper last night. It's definitely a keeper.
How Many Calories and WW Points in this Slow Cooker Wild Rice Soup?
According to my calculations, each 1-cup serving has 205 calories and
6 *SmartPoints (Green plan)
5 *SmartPoints (Blue plan)
3 *SmartPoints (Purple plan)
5 *PointsPlus (Old plan)
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Slow Cooker Ham & Wild Rice Soup Recipe Variations
vegetarian - skip the ham. Substitute a drained can of white beans if you like.
no ham - substitute any cooked meat/poultry/fish you like. Chicken, ham, turkey sausage would all work well.
no cream of celery soup - substitute cream of mushroom, chicken, or potato
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Slow Cooker Ham and Wild Rice Soup Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups diced cooked ham
- ½ cup chopped onion
- ¾ cup uncooked wild rice
- 1 package (16 ounces) frozen mixed vegetables
- 3 cups water
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 1 can (10.75 ounces) cream of celery soup
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- ½ cup half-and-half (I used evaporated milk)
Instructions
- Ideal Slow Cooker Size: 4-Quart.
- Mix the ham, onion, wild rice, vegetables, water, broth, cream of celery soup and black pepper in your crock pot, stirring well to combine.
- Cover and cook on LOW for 6 to 8 hours.
- Stir in the half and half. Increase the setting to HIGH. Cover and cook 10 to 15 minutes more or until hot.
Recipe Notes
Source: Betty Crocker Annual Recipes 2006 (affiliate link)
*Points® calculated by WW. *PointsPlus® and SmartPoints® calculated by Simple Nourished Living; Not endorsed by Weight Watchers International, Inc. All recipe ingredients except optional items included in determining nutritional estimates. SmartPoints® values calculated WITHOUT each plan's ZeroPoint Foods (Green plan, Blue plan, Purple plan) using the WW Recipe Builder.
If you like this slow cooker ham and wild rice soup you might also like:
- Slow Cooker Ham Split Pea Soup
- Slow Cooker Wild Rice Soup
- Slow Cooker Turkey and Wild Rice Casserole
- Slow Cooker Spiral Cut Ham
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Vickye H
This sounds like a winner. Were the nutritional facts calculated with reduced fat soup and fat free half and half?
Martha McKinnon
Hi Vicky,
We really liked it! No, the points were calculated with regular cream of celery soup (I haven't found a fat free version of it in my stores. You could use fat free cream of mushroom instead.) and regular half and half. The difference between regular half-and-half and fat free evaporated milk (I don't tend to buy the fat free half and half) was less than 8 calories per serving and not enough to lower the Points Plus value. Hope this helps.
Rebekah
This soup was a huge hit with my family. Will definitely be making it again!
Wendy
The recipe tells you to add in the "evaporated milk". However, evaporated milk is not in the list of ingredients. I am assuming that is when you would add the half and half or milk?
Martha McKinnon
Hi Wendy, thanks for letting me know. I've corrected it to read half and half.
Pam Taylor
I had a can of cream of celery that I needed to use and found this recipe. Wow! This is hearty, filling and tasty! I couldn't find any wild rice during the pandemic, so I used a box of wild rice mix. It worked great. I added no salt seasoning and sriracha at the table. I like a flavor blast. this is more like a chowder than a soup there is so much "stuff" in it. We'll make it again!
Martha Johnson
Looks yummy, making it tonight. Will you be adding the link to calculate WW "My Personal Points"?
Martha Johnson
It smelled great, but was rather bland for my taste. I added dried thyme, a bay leaf, garlic powder and chopped parsley. Absolutely improved it. Great recipe after holidays to eat lots of veges and use up the leftover ham.
Martha McKinnon
Thanks Martha. I've add the link for Personal Points.