"chicken noodle soup" news and stories

Curtis Stone (KitchenDaily expert chef and future "Top Chef Masters" host) has his own version of the chicken-and-egg story. He cooks up a pot of broth-rich soup, with carrots, onions, leeks, celery and fresh thyme and parsley. Boneless, skinless chicken breast meat keeps this soup lower in fat. Then he adds egg noodles and two whole eggs, which thickens this hearty soup and provides rich flavor.

Curtis Stone's Recipe for Hearty Chicken Noodle Soup

Of course, that headline makes it seem like I'm no longer sick. That's not the case at all. I'm still under the weather, though not nearly as bad as I was a few days ago.

I've been sick for the past week. It really wiped me out (which you can probably tell from my lack of posts here). If you haven't been sick this season yet, just wait, I'm sure it's coming. I know some people who had the throw 'n go (I hope that's self-explanatory), but I was "lucky" enough just to have a fever, body aches, chills, coughing, a scratchy throat and complete and utter exhaustion. So I spent most of the week just sitting on the couch, wrapped in a comforter, watching TV. And also trying to decide what the hell to eat or drink for the week. Just about everything I tried to eat or drink tasted funny.

After the jump, the four items I ate the most while sick, and the four I didn't/couldn't eat.

To repeat an often used phrase, soup is good food. Especially this time of year, when soup warms the body, soul, and can be good if you're watching what you eat too.

January is National Soup Month, so that's a good opportunity to link to some great soup recipes, like this one for Chicken Noodle Soup over at Yahoo (though I never put onion in mine!). Food & Wine has this recipe for Sausage and Mushroom Soup, and Alton Brown has this one for Garden Vegetable Soup. Of course, there are so many soup recipes that there are usually entire sections devoted to soup, including this one over at AllRecipes.

And yes, Hobo Soup is real.

OK, I'm confused. I was fairly certain that I made the best chicken noodle soup, but according to this recipe over at AOL Food (via AllRecipes.com), I don't. It's The Best Chicken Noodle Soup Ever.

There's nothing that warms my heart and other organs in the winter than a nice bowl of chicken noodle soup, with big chunks of chicken and carrots and celery in a seasoned broth. In fact, I'm going to make chicken noodle soup for dinner tonight. Not sure if I'll make this one (don't have the whole chicken or some of the other ingredients), but it sounds like a really good basic recipe to keep in your collection.

Maybe the reason is that I love soup. Maybe the reason is that it's so befitting for a January evening.

Or maybe the reason is that I have been sick for five days and I am getting really tired of the same old chicken noodle soup!

Whatever the reason ( I just can't figure it out with the way this fever has scrambled my brain), Heidi Swanson's Ultimate Chickpea Noodle Soup featured on her blog 101 Cookbooks is looking mighty good right now. She took inspiration from her travels through Puglia, Italy, and created a wholly vegetarian version of this soup. The slightly opaque broth dotted with rich oil, the hearty ceci beans (chickpeas), and of course, the undulating ribbons of pasta are all beautiful together in the bowl.