Sick

Maddie has been home sick this week, and she has infected both Paige and I.

I hate colds.....they start with that sore throat....so sore that it is hard to sleep.   You know that it should only last about three days before the sore throat turns into sinus headache and congestion or if not a head cold it goes into your chest and you cough until you turn blue.

I have started to get that sore throat.    Thank goodness I had made some chicken soup and had frozen 2 large batches of it.  The only thing missing was the noodles.  It isn't real chicken noodle soup unless you actually make the noodles from scratch.   The girls LOVE home made noodles.   I was informed that with the last batch I made (which was a double batch) that there wasn't enough noodles.  So last night we made a quadruple batch.  Savannah helped me roll out the dough when my arms got tired and made it her job to make sure there were enough noodles.  (even though she kept eathing them raw....yuck!)

My soup contains, chicken broth,  cooked chicken thighs, onions, celery, carrots, broth and of course the noodles.   It takes all day to make.. cooking the chicken and letting the veggies make the stock.  

I cannot remember exactly where I was or who taught me to make these noodles.  It might have been my mom.   I do remember that it is my great grandmother's recipe.  It makes the thickest "bestest" (so the kids said) noodles.  I have made the soup with traditional egg noodles from the grocery store.  They are only ok for the first time,  if you make large batches and do a lot of reheating they end up falling apart.  Mine don't.  No matter how many times you reheat them. 

There has been many scientific studies regarding chicken noodle soup.   They indicate some properties to help with cold or flu symptoms.   Canned soup was found to have a smaller benefit than home made soup.

Maybe it's the love that goes in it.