11/11/12 - Chicken Noodle Soup

Sunday. Lovely Sunday. Even better since tomorrow is a work holiday! I love it when Sunday is not really Sunday!

We spent the morning cleaning, doing laundry – the usual Sunday chores. The girls spent the morning chasing each other around and driving each other crazy – again, the usual. Christian and I settled in to watch the Vikings beat the Lions – YAHOO – while the girls napped. A fairly relaxing Saturday all around.

After naps, Olivia’s BFF Bella and her family came over for a play date and dinner. We used some leftover carnitas from earlier this week to make some taquitos. YUM, YUM, YUM. I also spent the day making Chicken Noodle Soup in the crockpot – the kids ate that. Also very YUM.

Once our friends went home, we just spent the evening relaxing. Christian has to work tomorrow, so it was a pretty early night for us. A good “end” to the weekend – for some of us anyway!

Here is a shot I got of the girls today - they crack me up. Seriously, I'm not sure why we even buy them clothes...

I didn’t get a picture of the end product, but here are the chicken noodle soup ingredients and directions. I didn’t even think to document the taquitos. This is actually a freezer meal (which, I didn’t do), so I’ll provide those instructions.

Ingredients:

• 1 lb cooked chicken, cut into bite sized pieces
• 1 cups sliced Carrots
• 2 ribs chopped Celery
• 2-3 minced Garlic Cloves
• 1 Bay Leaf
• 1 handful of chopped Fresh Parsley
• ½ tsp Basil
• 6 cups water
• 6 chicken bouillon cubes
• 1 14oz can of Evaporated Milk
• 1 small package of Kluski Noodles (I used egg noodles)

Directions:

1. Combine ingredients through the basil in a freezer-safe container or gallon-sized Ziploc bag. Add chicken bouillon cubes and 2 cups of water, and freeze.
2. When ready to cook, place the contents of the bag in a slow cooker. Add remaining 4 cups of water and cook on high for 6-7 hours, or low for 8-10 hours, until the carrots are tender.
3. Add the evaporated milk and turn the slow cooker to high. Add the noodles and cook for an additional 30-60 minutes, until the noodles are tender.