Taking Comfort

  Sickness has hit the household.  OMG everyone has been sick the past week.  The amount of chicken soup we have consumed is enough to keep a certain MMM MMM Good company in business for awhile.  What is it about chicken soup that just makes us feel so good?  I like to make my own too.  But I don't wanna do the long make your own stock so I cheat alot and I am ok with that.  My fave thing to do when we are sick is go and get a pack of egg noodles, a package of chicken legs, a thing of chicken bouillon, and a parmesan rind.  I take the chicken legs and boil them in water with some of the chicken bouillon  ( I usually do one cube per cup and then add like three more I like the broth rich).  While its cooking I will add a little salt,  you should pick the amount cause some people like a salty rich broth and others don't, and i will slip in a parmasan rind.  I buy my rinds at Whole Foods, wrap them individually with saran wrap and put in the freezer.  Or if I use a wedge of parmesan I will save the rind.  There is a lot of flavor in that and its amazing to add to soups and stews.  Once the chicken reaches the fall of the bone area of chicken land I pull the chicken out and set it to cool to pick the bones clean.  While the chicken is cooling I add the egg noodles and boil them and right before they are done add the chicken to it.  Simple amazing chicken noodle soup.  If you like veggies add them.  I am all about doing what EVER you want to a recipe cause then that can be your thing that no one else knows.