Well my intentions were good, in fact they were great, but I woke up with a bad cold. I still had to go to work and came home tired.  I had hoped in-spite of this to make something fabulous for dinner, but too worn out to make a proper dinner.  All was not lost, what I really needed was Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup, and the ingredients were at hand.

Here is my quick version, I just finished it and it was what the doctor ordered.

 I always keep homemade stock in the freezer, but should you be out of this or find such a thing foreign to you, buy a good organic chicken stock at the grocery store. I happened to already have two roasted chicken breasts already cooked, so I diced them up. Then I sliced  a bunch of baby carrots and grabbed some egg noodles. I heated the stock in a pot till boiling, dropped in the carrots and a couple  handfuls of the noodles. Partially covered,  cooked for about 7-8 minutes over medium high heat.  When almost done I tossed in the chicken to heat.  Final step I added a few tbsp. of fresh chopped parsley,  along with a touch or two of ground pepper.  This took all of 15 minutes.

Honestly it takes no time, this is so much better than the canned and  sure to help any illness go away, I’m already feeling better.

I figure if I am going to do this food blog right I need to take photos, which might be a task in itself.   It would be foolish of me to imagine anyone cheering me on without seeing what I had made!

I also tend to cook in generalities without exact quantities, forgive me for this, I will start taking notes, though some things like the soup above don’t need all the fancy measurements.

A British gal does my hair, we talk about food and she has given me a few tips about making Yorkshire pudding or as we Americans say “Popovers”.  I saw a recipe for chive popovers, they looked light and fluffy with crisp edges. I plan on making them to go with my leftover soup as I expect to be recuperating tomorrow as well.  Perhaps I will get the camera ready and take a stab at photographing them. Stop by and take a look if you have time.