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Menu Plan Monday Oct. 28 ~ Chicken Noodle Soup Recipe

It is that time of year for soup.

My husband asked me to make a pot of chicken noodle soup, so we can freeze a bunch of it.

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I got this recipe from my mom, and have been making it for years.  She got the recipe from her Grandmother and had been making it for decades.

But let’s be honest, it is nothing fancy, so I am sure your grandmother had the same recipe.

I love this recipe simply for the noodles.

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Seriously. Look at those noodles. Don’t you just want to eat them up right now?  So doughy and creamy.

When I first made these I rolled them out and cut them with a knife like my mom did.  However they were as wide as the spoon I was supposed to eat them with.

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I had the pasta attachment for my Kitchen Aid mixer, so the next time I made the soup I remembered that I had it and used it.

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That time the noodles were too long….

I have since perfected my use of my pasta roller/cutter.

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Chicken Noodle Soup

1 whole fryer chicken
2-3 32oz boxes of chicken broth
water
1 onion, chopped
3 cups flour
6 tbsp milk (preferably whole or half & half)
1 1/2 tsp salt
3 eggs

  • Wash chicken and place in a large stock pot with chopped onion.  Dump in chicken broth, add water until you get desired amount of broth.  Make sure the chicken is covered and remember the noodles will soak up some liquid.  If you have added a lot of water, more than a quart or so, you can add a couple of chicken bouillon cubes so as to not dilute the flavor.
    • If you don’t want to use chick broth, you can just use water and bouillon cubes; one cube per quart.  Don’t want to use bouillon because of sodium? You can find a recipe here for a broth mix.
  • Bring to a boil, turn down heat to med-low.  Cover and cook for 2-3 hours.
  • Beat eggs and milk together, add salt and flour.  Mix until dough forms, add more milk or flour if consistency is off.
  • Roll out dough on a floured surface and cut into strips, then cut strips to noodle length.  Let dry out a couple of hours while chicken is cooking.
  • Remove chicken from stock.  Allow chicken to cool, and remove meat.  Shred meat and return to stock.  Season with parsley, salt and pepper.  Bring stock to a boil and add noodles.  Cook until noodles are soft, about 10-15 min.

Menu Plan 10/28-11/03

Mon: Chicken Noodle Soup

Tue: Cheese Tortellini & Sausage Soup with cheesy pull apart bread

Wed: Spaghetti with Meat Sauce

Thr: Halloween, so we will probably eat a bunch of candy

Fri: Leftovers 

Sat: Kitchen is Closed

Sun: Garlic Cheddar Chicken with Skillet Creamy Mac & Cheese I found some great looking green beans at the store so I changed the plan to make Chicken, Green Beans & Potatoes

Happy Cooking

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Menu Plan Monday Oct. 21

 

 

 

It seems like now that fall is here one of the boys is always sick.

This weekend Baby Sid had a stomach virus and the cold that everyone else has had.  He was not a happy camper this weekend.

Because of him not feeling well, he didn’t get to go to the pumpkin patch with Ian’s school.  I really wanted to take some pictures of Sid with the pumpkins, so I guess we will have to make a third trip!

 

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My mom ended up doing dinner on Sunday for my Grandma & Sister’s birthdays so I carried over my plans for dinner to Monday.  I was happy to have dinner in the crockpot when I got home from work, since I was exhausted.

 

Menu Plan 10/21-10/27

Mon: Beef Bourguignon with Cheesy Potato Casserole (carry over from previous week)

Tue: Sweet & Spicy Bacon Chicken with Parmesan Rice

Wed: Tacos

Thr: Garlic Parmesan Chicken and Noodles 

Fri: Leftovers 

Sat: Kitchen is Closed

Sun: Sage Pork Chops with Parmesan Garlic Orzo

 

 

Happy Cooking

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Menu Plan Monday Oct. 14

Here in the Pacific Northwest it rains.  A lot.

So when we get a nice day or weekend we have to take advantage of it.  Because we never know when it will come again.

We had a gorgeous day on Sunday so off to the pumpkin patch we went.  We are scheduled to go to the pumpkin patch with Ian’s school.  I was afraid it might rain that day which would be bad for Baby Sid.

I didn’t want Baby Sid to miss out, so this year we will have two pumpkin patch visits in the scrapbook.

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Ian’s favorite thing was this slide, once he tried to climb up it, and so did my little climber Sid.  I am pretty sure Sid would have climbed to the top if I had let him.

 

 

Menu Plan 10/14-10/20

Mon: Easy Chicken Noodles (recipe altered to use crock pot)

Tue: Meatloaf and Potatoes 

Wed: Sloppy Joe’s with…. what do you eat with sloppy joes’s that are not potatoes? probably just salad

Thr: Crock Post Pesto Ranch Chicken with noodles

Fri: Leftovers 

Sat: Kitchen is Closed

Sun: Beef Bourguignon with Cheesy Potato Casserole (hubby’s new favorite side dish)

 

Happy Cooking

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Menu Plan Monday Oct. 7

Baby Sid is pretty determined to feed himself these days.  Which is great for me.

At lest when we are home, cause it can get a tad messy.

He really likes using a fork.

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I love using my crock pot.  I love having our dinner cooking while I am at work.  I just have to remember to get it ready in the morning.

This week I am going to try a new recipe (tonight’s dinner).  I usually make a stuffed shell with a tomato sauce and hamburger with fennel, so it has a wonderful spicy flavor.

I decided to try making stuffed shells with chicken alfredo instead.  Then I thought “Why not try it in the crock pot?!” Because I don’t really want to pick up the boys, come home, cook the chicken, then put everything in the oven.  And wait even longer for dinner.

So in the crock pot the chicken alfredo will go, then I will stuff the shells when I get home and bake.  I plan on boiling the shells before work and leaving them in the fridge for the day.  Same for the garlic knot dough.

Of course if you are reading this then I will already have done all that.

Oh the paradox of scheduling a post for some time in the future….

Menu Plan 10/07-10/13

Mon: Crock Pot Chicken Alfredo Stuffed Shells with Garlic Knots

Tue: Crock Pot BBQ Beer Pulled Pork Tacos

Wed: Buffalo Chicken Soup with Salad

Thr: Beef Stroganoff

Fri: Leftovers 

Sat: Kitchen is Closed

Sun: Baked Chicken Cordon Bleu with noodles 

Happy Cooking

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