Beat the Chill

MAN it's cold here! BELOW zero. So I made a big crockpot of my yummy chicken noodle soup to bring to work and sell for lunch. I also brought my grill and some sourdough bread and homemade garlic spread.

For the soup:

Beat 2 eggs with a little water (about 2 TB) and a dash of salt and about 1/8 tea of baking powder. Add 1 cup of flour and mix. Dough will be sticky. Stir in more flour (by hand) until dough is not sticky anymore and you can knead it. Then roll it with a rolling pin till it is VERY thin. This takes about a good 15 minutes of rolling, turn the dough, roll more, flip the dough, roll more.... Then take a knife or pizza cutter and cut into strips, then cut crosswise so you get smaller noodle size pieces. Let this dough SIT on the counter for about an hour.

Meanwhile:

In a large pot chop up

1 bunch of celery

2 large onions

1 pkg of baby carrots (I chop them up even though they are already tiny)

Cover with water, and add a pkg of Lipton Chicken Noodle Soup mix (in the packet). And one can of cream of chicken soup.

Bring to a boil, then turn to low, cover and simmer for about 25 minutes.

If you need to add more water, do so, or add chicken broth. Turn the heat up to high and get it boiling. Then add the noodles and boil for 6 minutes, stirring often.

Turn heat down to low again and throw in about 3 cups of cooked chicken. (To make this easy, I bought a roasted chicken at the store and just pulled the meat off, cut it up and threw it in).

Add salt and pepper to taste and warm through.

YUM YUM