Creamy Chicken and Wild Rice Soup

1 box Uncle Ben's Long Grain and Wild Rice
3 cups water
1 - 2 carrots, grated
1/2 cup frozen corn, approx.
3/4 cup frozen broccoli, approx
8 oz cream cheese, cubed
1 can cream of chicken soup (or 1 1/2 cups of homemade)*
1 cup shredded chicken, optional

Put rice, seasoning packet, and water in a pot and bring to a boil. Simmer 10 minutes. Add carrots, corn and broccoli (as much or as little as you like) and simmer 10 more minutes. Add cream cheese, soup, and chicken and stir until creamy.

Serve immediately.



*I don't like the stuff in the can so I always make my own cream of chicken soup:

2 tbsp butter
1 1/2 tbsp flour
3/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
3/4 cup chicken stock
3/4 cup milk

Melt butter in saucepan, whisk in flour, salt and pepper. Whisk in stock and milk and stir over med-hi heat until thick and bubbly.