Soup

Today is a little cool and the rain is supposed to be coming in this afternoon. Then I believe it is going to be wet and cooler for a few days. I am making some soup for tonight. It's a very simple chicken, vegetable, noodle soup.

1 Stock pot of water
2 tbsp chicken stock (powder kind) or instead of the water you can use 2 boxes of chicken stock in a box.
1 medium onion - diced
2 stalks of celery - diced
3-4 carrots - diced or you may use the baby carrots and just cut in half. (up to you how much you use)
2-3 cloves of garlic - minced
chicken - raw, rotisserie, or canned
Egg noodles

Toss all into pot and bring to a boil for about 45 min. Add in about 2 tsp of poultry seasoning and some ground black pepper.

You can either use the canned chicken (like for chicken salad) or use rotisserie chicken from the store broken up into pieces.

You can also cut up pieces of raw chicken when putting all the veggies in and let the chicken cook with the vegetables.

When the vegetables and chicken are cooked through it is time for the noodles. There are two ways of doing this.
1) Cook your noodles in a separate pot and add noodles to your bowl when you are ready. This way keeps the noodles from getting too soggy and turning to mush in your bowl. Just cook the amount you need for the moment.
2) Add the noodles to the pot 7-8 minutes prior to turning off heat.

* optional -  I like to sprinkle in a little basil at the end for added flavor.

Serve it up with your favorite crackers or nice big hunk of fresh bread.

Happy cooking and good eating!