Ingredients

• 6 cups chicken stock
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 carrot, sliced
• 2 stalks celery, sliced
• 1/3 cup uncooked white rice
• 1 1/3 cups fresh spinach, washed and chopped
• 1 1/3 cups butter lettuce - rinsed, and torn into small pieces
• 1 1/3 cups chopped fresh parsley
• salt to taste
• ground black pepper to taste
• 1 pinch cayenne pepper