“Oh the weather outside is frightful” . . . NOT!
It’s 70 degrees here today on the 8th of December!
“and my dear, you’re so delightful” . . . NOT!
My dear husband is sick with a horrible cold. Yes, he’s still as delightful as one can be when one is sick.
Singing the rest of this Christmas song might have brought a ‘slight’ smile to my congested and stuffy-headed husband, but for a little physical assistance, I knew that it would be better if I helped nurse his head and chest cold with some humble home-made chicken broth and wonderful pasta noodles that I brought home from Italy.
Plus, I don’t have a great voice for singing!
As they say in the old wives’s tale, eat chicken soup to help cure the common cold.
Whether there is any truth to that wisdom or not, I know that chicken soup certainly helps ‘mentally’ when a loved one is under the weather.
When my daughter was young she would have nothing to do with any type of soup other than Liptons chicken noodle. Although the noodles look the same I know this takes nothing iike it Roz!
Val, when my mother was in a ‘pinch’, and did not have home-made chicken broth on hand, she always used Lipton’s chicken noodle soup. When I saw this pasta in italy, I KNEW that I had to buy it for those days when we needed chicken noodle soup! I’m so glad that you’re back and can’t wait to hear more about your wonderful journey to Italy!
Merry Christmas, Val!
Roz
Oh Roz, growing up, Monday night was soup night! (Except late June to Labor day cause it was too hot for soup!). This is how my mother made chicken soup. Once in a while she would add a canned tomato (just one or two) smashed with a folk “for color”. I love it with noodle or tubetti or bows or even rice. I wish I had some now, late as it is. Have to make some, missing a few key ingredients, like the chicken. xo
Barbara, I just love the idea of Monday being ‘soup night’! How much healthier we would all be! I love that your mother is like mine in that she made the same chicken soup, no matter what pasta noodle she included . . . it is always wonderful . . . especially for the SOUL!
Be well, my dear friend,
Roz
Chicken soup can cure a multitude of ills! This is perfect for winter evenings, whether it’s cold outside or not. Hope hubby feels better soon, and that he doesn’t share. 🙂
I completely and TOTALLY agree with EVERYTHING that you said! Chicken soup does cure a great deal of ills and I DO HOPE that my husband does NOT share with anyone! You are so sweet and oh so smart!
This looks so good, adding the beef is new to me, sounds great! Love your pretty dishes too-enjoy:@)
How nice that you have an old family recipe to rely on for a comforting soup. Hope your husband is feeling better by the day. Being sick, especially during the holidays, is no fun.
Sam
I have a sick son right now too. Lots of colds going on around here. I love the noodles you use in your soup and I always find a way to get a little parmesan into almost all of my soups. Hope he gets well soon.
That cheese and soup would warm anyone soul… beautiful! Merry Christmas to you my foodie friend… Not sure I will get back here working 14 hour days now! GREAT SOUP!
I’ll be thinking of you, Claudia!
Warming and delicious!
Roz I tell you in italian … buonissimo il tuo brodo! You make it very well!
Sure you husband is now feeling better, chicken soup is a “toccasana”…
Ciao!
Roz my sweet bloggy friend. Your soup is divine, your photos beautiful and your holiday wishes are felt xo
We’re healthy here, but I’d still love a bowl of your soup! I love the idea of adding beef…I’ll have to check out your recipes. Get well wishes to your hubby (and fingers crossed you stay healthy). Did your dad make it home? xo
I have no idea why my mom adds the beef, but its how she taught me and the flavor is delicious! My parents left yesterday and are in Ames now.
PS…my posts have all been moved to WP, but Kita has to do a few more tweaks to my site. Hopefully it will be up tomorrow…
It looks great Liz!
I have been sick all week and just finished the last of my homemade turkey broth that was tucked away in the freezer. I’m so glad I had it. yes, those noodles do remind me of that lipton’s dry chicken soup mix. i can hardly believe I used to eat that stuff. yes, you’re so right about the parmesan cheese too.
With your golden remedy of chicken noodle soup à la Italiano, I trust your husband will be well in no time.
And I know you are a great cook… For Japanese soup stock – dashi – the finest cooks always strain their broth through
a cloth as well to ensure all fish flakes are separated from the pure soup.
=)
oh everytime this year I make chicken noodle soup nonstop.I just cant’ get enough-must try your recipe next time! love the addition of the parmigiana on top
Hi U.S. Roz. I feel like I’m coming down with a cold. Please send a vat of this soup up to me in Vancouver! 🙂 Have a great week. Hugs. Canadian Roz
Homemade soup is always worlds better than storebought! Hope this makes your husband feel better!
HI Joanne! The soup certainly helped Bill get better a little quicker. Almost out of the woods, but the worst is over!
Be well,
Roz
This is easily my favorite soup (and my daughter loves it as well). It just screams love. Hope Bill is feeling better.
Thanks Kim! I agree!
It looks great Liz!
Delicious and packed with flavours chicken soup: two essential ingredients flat leaves parsley and Parmesan! I agree with you NO PRE PACKED PARMESAN! Ciao (delizioso)
Found you while trolling Google and Ask! for soup and apple pie/tart recipes. I’ve always been a pushover for la cucina italiana, so this was a natural stop, I guess. I have a question: isn’t spaghetti tagliati essentially spaghatini that have been chopped up into uniform lengths? That’s certainly the what the pieces look like inside the Divella package. (In the Gulf, where I lived until just recently, I used Divella pasta most of the time, though I don’t think I’ve ever seen this particular type there.) I guess it could be based on very small linguini, too, but they don’t really look flat enough. Mi piace molto il tuo blog, e ritornerò sicuramente.
Hey Roz and happy new year! I was reading the recipe for chicken pasta noodle soup. While it sounds delicious, I am confused – LOL… what do you do with all the meat after its cooked? It seems like such a silly question that I am actually embarrassed to ask! At the same time, I am curious and have to ask because that is a LOT of meat, particularly at today’s prices. My husband and I have really gotten tino broths (Pho, etc) and this sounds wonderful. After you stop shaking your head, thinking “how crazy is this woman?” please let me know!
Hi Leannn,
You actually asked a very GREAT question: “What do I do with all of the meat left from making the broth?”
Since I usually make this in the morning to afternoon (it’s far too much work to do at night when I tend to get more tired!), I always clean off any bones and gunk that comes from boiling meat, clean it really, really good. Then we usually have sandwiches with the beef since that is what my husband prefers. Since it’s been boiled, I tend to season it up a little for sandwiches, but just a little salt will do. I also then let the chicken (cleaned of all the bones and gunk that comes off of the chicken as it boils) cool off and make a fresh batch of chicken salad. Anything else left, which is still plenty, I freeze in small ziplock baggies for how much I’ll use for future sandwiches or salads. Although I don’t make a lot of Asian recipes, I’m sure both the beef and the chicken would be great in a stir-fry recipe! You could also use the chicken in fajitas or chop up the beef for some burritos!
We’re really big on using our freezer since we live on an acreage and try not to have to drive into town all of the time and waste gas. So the freezer is my life-saver for these big batch of food recipes.
Hope that helps and again, it was a great question and I probably should have put something in my blog post to address this concern. Thank you for pointing that out to me!
I love this soup merry christmas