What's for Dinner? Simple Wonton Soup!

As this was a cool, rainy January Sunday and we were celebrating sister Nancy's birthday, I thought that a theme dinner was in order. I was craving wonton soup, so we had a Chinese dinner that wasn't take-out!

Simple Wonton Soup
Yields about 8-10 servings

Ingredients:
2 32 oz. cartons chicken broth
1 can beef broth
1 (4 ounce) can water chestnuts, drained and chopped
3 green onions, chopped
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
fresh ground pepper to taste
1 package frozen wontons (I have used Costco or Trader Joe's chicken/cilantro wontons
and also Trader Joe's chicken/vegetable potstickers with huge success)
1 (5 ounce) bag fresh baby spinach leaves
1/2 teaspoon Chinese five-spice powder (optional)
1 pinch cayenne pepper (optional)

Directions:
1. Pour the chicken and beef broths into a large saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat. Add the water chestnuts, green onions, ginger and ground pepper. Lower heat and simmer for 20 minutes. Increase heat and add frozen wontons. Cook until the wontons are cooked through and floating, about 5 minutes.
2. Remove from the heat and stir in the fresh spinach. Cover the soup and let the spinach soften in the hot soup for 2 minutes.
3. Season with Chinese five spice and cayenne pepper if desired.