Rylee's sure cure to the common cold

So my man is sick, really miserable. And anyone who lives with a man - knows that level of sickness! The world will end shortly. What do you do? You make chicken soup!

And, this is what I personally want when I'm feeling under the weather - so everyone under my care gets the same treatment.

The steam of the soup with thyme, rosemary, oregano and sage will cure your sick loved one no matter what in about 1 week. And guess what? This cost is about $10 to make a whole pan of loving cure with extra healthy leftovers. That and about 5 days of basic misery.

Or go to a doctor and pay $205 for the office visit for the doc to say take it easy and stick to liquids.....Want a U.S. medical cure?

I left work at 5:45, went to the 2 stores - to get groceries and jaegermeister, picked up Raine, got home, prepared everything, and had a cosmo, (because you know, you have to take care of yourself!) and managed to make a homemade dinner by 7:30 pm. Here's my recipe! - (Okay, this looks complicated, the timing's not quite right, but its not, really difficult, trust me!)

Rylee's sure cure for the Common Cold - Chicken Soup

Ingredients:

• 1 Whole Chicken (buy on sale or use parts which is ever cheaper!)
• 1 whole onion (chopped)
• 2 Carrots (chopped)
• 1/4 Head celery (the more greens the better!!!!!)
• 2-3 cloves of Garlic
• Fresh or dried herbs of your choice - garlic, (white pepper, rosemary, thyme, oregano, sage, bay leaf, savory, pepper and salt) - This is the HEALTH magic!- come make it with ME to learn the measurements!)
• 2-4 cups of chicken stock or bouillon (or whatever poultry stock you have on hand - I used duck stock because that was what was in the freezer.)
• Salt and pepper to taste - depending on the amount you need. (personally, I let my eaters decide their own sodium. so I don't put much in the cooking!)
• Various seasonings (your personal cure: savory, chile, garlic - whatever is your magical ingredient! - that's the LOVE and ENERGY that cures your loved one!)
• 1 bag (10 oz) dried extra wide egg noodles.

Directions:

1. In a 5 qt Dutch Oven, pan sear your whole chicken in about 1 tbs of olive oil. Turned regularly. About 10 minutes
2. Remove whole chicken from pan
3. In same pan, sautee all fresh ingredients (onion, carrots, celery, garlic) for about 5 minutes
4. Add 1/4 cup of water or white wine to deglaze the pan which brings up the fond (the good stuff on the bottom of the pan). Scrape bottom of pan.
5. Add whole chicken back in pan -
6. Add 4 cups of chicken boullion - cook for 20 minutes - on high simmer.
7. Remove whole chicken, cool. - 10 minutes or until cool to the hands. Chop and set aside.
8. Add fresh herbs and extra LOVE or ENERGY spices to soup stock. Cook on a high simmer for 30 minutes.
9. Start water boiling for noodles. (10 minutes) - same timing as herbs in soup. Bring to boil. Cook to noodle directions.
10. Turn off Stock when you add noodles to boiling water.
11. Add chopped chicken to soup stock -
12. Let noodles finish, drain, let stock stew for a few more minutes.
13. Put noodles in bowl, add soup mix to bowl to individual request. Let each season to desire.
14. Heal!