-Use lean meats (chicken or turkey breast would be good) to keep this soup a THM E. Fattier meats such as pork or beef would make this a THM XO. Ryan found a bunch of deli meat scraps at a discount grocery store, so I used deli ham chunks for a great flavor in this. The meat wasn't in its original packaging so I don't know how fatty it was, but some deli ham may be acceptable in this amount in an E setting. Keep the total fat from the meat to 30 grams or less (5 grams or less per serving) and you'll be fine as a THM E.
-I can find Tony Chachere's Original Creole Seasoning in my local grocery store in Louisiana (it's the universal seasoning around here), but if you can't find it locally, you can get it
here off of Amazon.