Flu shots. I hate them.
This year was the first year I’ve ever taken the kids for one- and only because the little miss’ Preschool required it- and now? She’s sick. This afternoon was filled with a 101 fever, yucky eye-goo, and just a whole lot of whining. Fun times, thanks Doc.
When dinner time rolled around she said to me:
“Mommy, you fix me. You give me Sponge Bob….” (Our thermometer)
“You give me candy…” (The Pedisure for her fever)
And now you give me chicken soup.”
{{crickets}}
“Umm, we don’t have chicken soup sweetie, and quite frankly Mommy has this strange fear of cooking soup from scratch” – is what I wanted to say.
But she’s a picky eater to begin with so the fact that she was asking for food other than Toast or Mac & Cheese while she was sick was a miracle. I knew I had to deliver.
So quickly I Google’d “QUICK AND EASY CHICKEN SOUP RECIPE“. I came across one that was easy enough and then made it my own by spicing it up a little. My first time ever making chicken soup… and it was delish! Both kids ate it and loved it. So I’m sharing… because trust me, if I could whip it up– it truly is the simplest chicken soup recipe ever.
From Pot To Table Time: 30 minutes.
Ingredients:
Pasta of choice (some use noodles, we used pastina sized ABC pasta for the entertainment factor)
1/2 lb of Boneless Chicken
*4 bouillon cubes (*In my kitchen we just used 2 Knorrs Chicken Stock Pots because that’s just what we had)
3 cups of water
1/2 onion thinly sliced
1/2 celery stalk thinly sliced
1/2 carrot
*1 clove of garlic (*Confession: I keep the pre-chopped in a jar garlic. 1 clove in my kitchen= 1 heaping teaspoon)
Salt and Pepper
Directions:
1. Add all ingredients into large pot. Let it cook for 20 minutes.
2. Remove the chicken and with 2 forks shred the chicken.
3. Boil pasta and add shredded chicken. Cook for another 10 minutes.
Viola! Mom Win!
