Spring Chicken And Greens Soup

Ingredients

• 5 cups water
• 1 tablespoon chicken base or broth concentrate (or follow package directions)
• 1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric or curry powder
• salt
• 2 small bone-in, skin on chicken breast halves, about 1 ¼ pounds or 4 bone-in, skin on chicken thighs
• 1 medium-size zucchini, ends trimmed, halved lengthwise, thinly sliced
• 1 cup fresh shelled or frozen peas (or trimmed snow peas, shelled edamame or baby lima beans)
• 1 medium-size red-ripe plum tomato, ends trimmed, diced
• 1/2 small jalapeño, seeded and sliced (optional)
• 3 cups (2.5 ounces) baby spinach or arugula
• 2 skinny green onions, thinly sliced or 3 tablespoons chopped fresh chives
• 1/4 cup finely chopped fresh cilantro
• 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh dill
• finely shredded lemon zest
• 1/2 cup cooked orzo or brown rice (optional)
• diced ripe avocado (optional)
• diced queso fresco (optional)