I love making chicken soup for my family when they are ill.  It warms the cockles and all other heart related areas, provides nourishment and comfort and, most importantly, tastes damn fine!

However when you are ill yourself, you probably don’t have the energy to go collect fresh silverbeet and parsley from the garden (heck, it’s possible you don’t even farm your own produce!), nor the patience to chop up raw chicken and slow cook it for 8 hours.  So here is the easy-peasy version you can make yourself with minimal fuss to get you back on your feet.

 

Ingredients:

2 x 500gm cans of Creamy Chicken Soup

1 x 460gm can of Mixed Vegetables (potato, carrot, peas & corn)

1 cup of fusilli pasta

2 stalks of fresh celery

1 x sprinkle of freshly ground pepper

1 x sprinkle of fresh coriander

 

Method

*Pre-boil the pasta and set aside

*Chop up the celery into small chunks

*Put the two cans of soup into a pot, add the vegetables and pasta

*Put on the lowest possible heat on the stovetop and let sit, stirring every 5 minutes or so.  If you have the heat low enough it should take about half an hour for it to heat up.

*As soon as it begins to bubble, remove from stovetop.  Do NOT allow it to boil.

*Pop in some pepper and stir.  Leave to sit for 5 minutes.

*Ladle yourself a big bowl, sprinkle some coriander on top and go back to bed

 

So there ya go, home made chicken soup made easy!  For those times you don’t have the energy to make the complicated version and your immune system and spirit need a much needed boost.

 

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