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Simple chicken noodle soup

BY AIMÉE WIMBUSH-BOURQUE • February 20, 2014 • In Meat & fish, Recipe Roundup

Cooking together as a family doesn’t always happen under ideal circumstances. In a

perfect household everyone would be healthy and well rested with hands scrubbed
clean. But we’re all real people, with busy lives, and unfortunately, susceptible to getting
sick, especially in the winter months.

So what happens when the family core falls under the weather? I’m speaking from
experience when I say that we just feel like huddling under a quilt until it passes. But
we need nourishment and it doesn’t come from a box or a package.

Home cooking can still happen when we’re feeling unwell, but recipes need to be
absurdly simple, like today’s homemade chicken noodle soup.

We made this recipe three times last week when we were hit hard with the flu. Chicken
broth is one of the best things to consume when you are sick – but just try getting
children to sip it. Impossible. Nope, there must be noodles involved, plus a few flavour
enhancers like parsley and Parmesan.

This simple soup comes together almost as easily as boiling water. Kids can participate
by breaking the long pasta into pieces (great fun, apparently) and shredding the
Parmesan cheese.

If you have homemade chicken stock, use it now, and if not, check if your local butcher
or deli sells frozen stock. If you have to buy it from a supermarket, look for organic, low
sodium chicken broth.

The recipe is very basic, but it is meant to be prepared and enjoyed when you have little
energy to spare. Jamie’s Chicken garden soup is another great recipe for when you are
feeling a little more ambitious.

Cooking with my boys when they are laid up home helps takes their mind o! of their
sore throat or what they are missing at school. It’s comforting to be together; it’s
therapeutic to cook. My hope is that you will bookmark this recipe for a day when you
need a warm hug in a mug.

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Serves 4

3 cups chicken stock, ideally organic or homemade Related Videos

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In a medium pot, combine the chicken stock and bay leaf with 1 cup of water and bring
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Add the pasta to the boiling stock long with the seasoning and the chopped parsley.
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Ladle chicken noodle soup into bowls or mugs and top with a tablespoon of Parmesan
cheese. Serve hot.
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About the author

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Aimée Wimbush-Bourque is a former chef, food writer and Montreal
urban homesteader. She writes the award-winning food blog Simple
Bites, named “Best Kids’ Cooking Blog” by Saveur Magazine, where she
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chronicles her kitchen adventures with simple recipes, savvy cooking
tips, vibrant photography and lively stories. She is also the author of the
new cookbook "Brown Eggs and Jam Jars: Family recipes from the
kitchen of Simple Bites" (Penguin, 2015). Aimée is wife to Danny, mama Drinks
to Noah, Mateo & Clara, boss of two cats, and farmer of six brown hens.
For more whole foods inspiration and everyday delicious chit-chat,
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