Roasted Chicken and Rice Soup - I Feel Like Cooking

Ingredients

• 2 C shredded Rustic Roasted Chicken
• 1 bulb roasted garlic, all cloves extruded and mashed
• 3 large celery stalks chopped
• ½ C white onion chopped
• 4 medium carrots chopped
• 2 Knorr chicken bouillon cubes dissolved in 4 C boiling water
• ¼ t dried dill weed
• 4 sprigs fresh thyme, tied together
• 2 T olive oil
• ½ C dry rice medley
• 1 C water (plus the water for the medley)
• Salt and pepper