A Chicken Soup Recipe

Happy, happy Friday!
Is it crazy where you live?  I think everyone in NWA is out today.  We ran a quick errand so
one of my daughters could finish shopping for siblings and then came home and shut ourselves in--not to leave again.  We also had a temperature drop this morning--65 to 34 degrees so another reason to stay beside a sparkling tree in a cozy home.

Here is the recipe I promised for chicken soup.  Feel free to adapt to your family's tastes.
Chicken (from the chicken you crock pot cook--see post from a couple of days ago)
Broth (from the same cooking session :)
Celery
Carrots
3 Cloves of garlic
Salt and pepper to taste
Egg noodles or frozen cheese tortellini (or dried in the pasta section of grocery)

Chop chicken meat and add broth (your very own homemade) into a large pan.  Dilute with
water until it is a medium to light yellow. Don't dilute too much at the beginning.  You can always add water if you need to.   Add chopped celery and carrots (about a cup of
carrots, one-half cup of celery).  Chop the garlic and add.  Salt and pepper to taste.  Bring
all of that to a boil for just about 3 minutes.  Add noodles or tortellini--about a half package to
maybe 2/3 pkg.  Let boil and reduce heat until pasta is cooked.  Enjoy--especially on these cold
days.  Don't forget to make this when you have colds or flu visiting.  It is comforting as well as
healthy.  (Also see post on 'staying healthy').

I hope your weekend is restful in spite of the holiday craziness.  We'll visit Monday about a
furniture redo.