Chicken noodle soup

Chicken Noodle soup

Ingredients

1. 2 cups cooked chicken breasts cut into 1 cm cubes
2. 1 medium small onion chopped fine
3. 1 medium carrot chopped fine
4. 2 cup egg noodles
5. 1/2 tablespoon each of olive oil, butter
6. 3 large garlic chopped fine
7. 1/2 teaspoon salt or as needed
8. 1/4-1/2 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
9. 1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning or dried oregano (the magic ingredient)
10. 3-4 cups water or chicken stock
11. 2 tablespoons all purpose flour (optional)

In a heavy bottomed pan het the oil and butter and fry the onions till tender. Add garlic and fry for 30 seconds. Add chicken and fry for 5 minutes. Add carrots and fry for 5 more minutes. Add the rest of the ingredients and 4 cups water or broth and bring to a boil. Simmer for 5 minutes. Add the egg noodles and keep boiling as needed ( mine needed 10 minutes) . 

If you like a brothy soup ...you are done!) Enjoy

If you like your soup not so brothy mix the all-purpose flour in 1/4 cup water and stir into soup before simmering 5 minutes. Enjoy a piping hot bowl of chicken noodle soup

Home Made Tomato Soup

Today, my little lady wanted to eat Tomato Soup and I didn't notice I didn't have her and my favorite store bought tomato soup, Campbell's Heat and Eat Tomato Soup. I had cans of tomato Sauce though. So I searched for the recipe and made my Home Made Tomato soup with canned Tomato Sauce. And it was as good as the store bought one but with just as much salt as I want.

Home Made Tomato Soup with Canned Tomato Sauce

Home Made Tomato Soup

Ingredients:

1. One 8 oz can of tomato Sauce
2. 1/2 cup whole milk
3. 1/2 cup low sodium chicken broth
4. 1 tablespoon finely chopped onions
5. 1 garlic clove minced
6. 1/8 teaspoon lemon pepper
7. salt to taste
8. 1/8 teaspoon Italian seasoning
9. 2 teaspoons olive oil
10. Grated Parmesan cheese for garnishing (optional)

In a small pan heat the oil and fry the onions till tender. Add the garlic and fry for 30 seconds. Add the tomato sauce and stir well and add all the ingredients except milk. Simmer for 15 minutes. Add milk and simmer further for 10 minutes. Let it cool a bit and enjoy with your favorite toast or as it with a little garnish of your favorite cheese

Cream of Broccoflower with Omega 3 Seed bread

The other day when I went to Fresh and Easy I found this bread with a ton of different seeds called Omega 3 Seed bread. This was made with whole wheat with flax seeds, sun flower seeds and some other seeds I don't remember. But it looked so good and I got it. So to serve this bread I made the most simplest and yummiest soup ever

Broccoflower

This Broccoflower is just what it sounds and looks like- a cross between Broccoli an cauliflower and I should say it does milds out the strong taste of Broccoli and takes in the yummy taste of Cauliflower. So here is the yummy recipe of the yummy vegetable

Cream of Broccoflower (Creamy soup made with Broccoflower and carrots)

Cream of Broccoflower

Ingredients:

1. 1 medium large Broccoflower cut into florets
2. 1 medium sized carrot chopped roughly
3. 1 celery stick chopped
4. 2 garlic pods chopped
5. 1 medium onion chopped
6. 1 tablespoon olive oil
7. 1 tablespoon butter
8. 1 heaped teaspoon salt
9. 3-4 cups chicken broth
10. 1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar
11. 1 cup milk at room temperature
12. 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
13. Salt to taste

In a heavy bottomed pan heat the oil and fry the onions for 3-4 minutes. Add garlic and fry for a minute. Add all the vegetables and cover and cook for 10 minutes. Add chicken broth and simmer for 20 minutes. Let it cool and grind it to a smooth paste. Heat the butter in a pan and add the flour and stir for 2-3 minutes. Add the milk at room temperature and stir till it gets all mixed well. Add black pepper and the ground soup and simmer for 10 more minutes. Add a little salt if needed and serve with Omega 3 seed bread or any other baguette toasted