Hardworking Man's Wife's Soup Made Simple

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 quarts chicken broth (i use homemade but canned will do just fine)
• 2 carrots, sliced thin discs
• 1 stalk celery, sliced
• 1 medium onion, sliced 1/8ths
• 1 cup cooked chicken, cut into pieces (can buy deli chicken in a 1/2 lb chunk and cube, or 6 oz.can of chicken meat)
• 8 ounces corn (frozen or canned)
• 1 teaspoon minced garlic
• 1 teaspoon basil, crushed
• salt and pepper
• 1/4 lb egg noodles (optonal) or 1/4 lb pasta, of choice (optonal)

Recipe

• 1 slice up carrots and celery put into pot.
• 2 add in chicken broth, bring to rolling boil for 5 minute.
• 3 add in remaining ingredients.
• 4 simmer on stove while dh works hard.
• 5 note: if adding noodles, add in last 10 min of simmer to cook al dente).
• 6 *** i usually cook my pasta seperate so it does not mush in the soup for leftovers, but can be cooked in the pot with the soup.
• 7 *** for a quicker version and i have done this- using canned mixed vegetables instead of fresh and add to broth and chicken, simmer til warmed.
• 8 serve with a crusty bread or a grilled chees sandwich and a hot toddy. :-).