More and more stars talk to me about this new blender they just got that does all these impossible sounding things. Matthew talks about the soups, sauces and even ice cream. "American Idol's" David Archuleta is all about the smoothies. Then there's Woody Harrelson. His wife is all about cooking raw.

The machine they are talking about is the Vita-Mix. www.vitamix.com

This recipe is from the Vita-Mix cookbook with a few slight changes in spice.

Step 1 - Place the following ingredients in the machine: 3 C. chicken broth 1 roma tomato cut in half 1 carrot cut in half 1 celery stalk cut in half 1 thin slice of onion 1 garlic clove peeled 1 thin slice yellow squash 1 thin slice red bell pepper 1 thin slice cabbage 1 mushroom 2 tsp taco seasoning 1/2 tsp ground cumin 1/4 tsp black pepper

The following ingredients will be added in step 2. 1/2 C. chicken breast, skinless and cut into cubes 1/3 C. cilantro 1/4 C. drained corn (canned or cooked) 1 large handful of plain tortilla chips.

Step 1: add first 13 ingredients to machine. Cover securely and turn to variable speed 1.

Switch machine on and turn variable speed up to 10. Immediately switch to high speed and let the machine run for 6 minutes.

Soup will get hot and just start to steam.

Turn machine to variable speed and reduce speed to 2. Add step 2 ingredients and blend for 10 seconds.

Serve with a sour cream garnish.

Enjoy!

P.S. the Vita-Mix cookbook will give you hundreds of ideas.