The New Year is here and most likely you are feeling a little hung over from the holiday season that will finally crest today. Since today is the first day of the new year it is a good day to start eating healthier and to regain your pre-holiday waistline. It has been reported that on average people gain between five and seven pounds during the fall-winter holidays so not is the perfect time to start shedding those extra pounds. One way to do this is to replace your fast food lunch with a healthy bowl or cup of soup.
Chicken Noodle Soup – Homemade
Ingredients
Directions
Start by plugging in your crock pot and placing a cleaned, whole chicken into the crock pot. Fill the crock pot with water so that the chicken is covered. Add in 1 stalk of chopped celery, salt and pepper, ½ cup of chopped carrots, cilantro and fresh parsley.
Simmer the chicken until the meat starts to fall off the bone. You can put the chicken in the crock pot in the morning and pull it out when you get home from work.
Remove the chicken from the crock pot and allow it to cool. Remove the meat from the chicken and chop the meat into bite sized pieces. Strain the stock and return the purified stock to the crock pot. Add in the meat, the reserved carrots and one stalk of celery. Taste the broth and reseason as needed. Pour in the egg noodles. Cook until noodles and carrots are tender. This makes a great dish to help you recover from the calories consumed from Jewish holiday recipes.