love soup--homemade

• the g' daughter is sick today- so what is a Meme to make for supper
• I know that as a teen she does not eat the things that are really good for
• her unless I do the cooking
• she can cook but she is still heavy of the ''fat foods'' which even on a
• good day can be bad for her
• decided to make some homemade chicken soup but in a quick way as
• my thoughts came too late to do the old fashioned kind
• so here is the story which is a recipe of sorts
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• 2 small frozen chicken breasts- partly thawed in microwave- it is easier to cut partly frozen - then I cut into mini bites- and then just soaked for a few minutes in cold water- heat my favorite soup pot and add 1 (only one) tablespoon oil and as soon as the oil was hot - popped the drained chicken pieces in- it is good to drain first because the chicken browns faster and also no splash feed back-as a rule I would have used other chicken parts but this was what we had and today I was looking for near fat free
• mean while I got carrots and celery ready and sliced on the mandolin( I think that is close to the spelling) and the name - makes the slices very thin-
• as soon as the chicken was brown I added the veggies and let then brown just a tiny bit- kind of what Martha Stewart taught me--LOL
• according to Miss Martha this gives the flavors added flavoring bonus ?? to the soup
• then added 4 cups of water and also the chicken flavoring from the chicken noodle soup package_ (not the canned) I saved the noodles for another day as they would be mush while the veggies cooked-
• sliced potatoes and added to the soup and just let simmer until all was done
• no added salt but some pepper
• you can really put anything you choose in the soup once you start the chicken- remember that onions are hard and gassier on a sick tummy
• I could have added other veggies but wanted to stay with something plain and simple today-better for wayward tummies -
• it was great and we both enjoyed the soup and there is leftovers for tomorrow - I may add the noodles tomorrow as I can cook them separate before I reheat the soup-
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• I made this soup often for papa hubby on his cancer journey as it was easy on his tummy and he loved it- salt was no longer an issue for him - so I made what ever he liked and could tolerate-
• it also remind me of our home cooking on the farm- most of our meals were plain and simple-
• I pray the our younger generations will be able to learn to make meals that are healthy - economical and good- with the recession I see hard times coming for many who just do not know the simple ways to cook-
• I noticed in our grocery store that it is cheaper to buy a whole cooked chicken than a whole frozen chicken- and I hardly ever seen a whole fresh chicken there-
• Meme is off to do the dishes
• huggles from me