Tin Man's Chicken Noodle Soup

Our whole family has had a terrible cold for the last few weeks. (The way it is hanging on, we could have TB or something else that is just as horrible!)

Tin Man made some chicken noodle soup to help us all feel better. It smelled so good as it simmered all day AND it was amazingly delicious! (An Extra bonus-the chicken was on sale, and we used noodles that were in the pantry...) He came up with the recipe on his own, so there is one (tiny) problem -he doesn't measure out ingredients to an exact science...Don't be afraid! Read on:

This is the Tin Man's Chicken Soup-In His Own Words:

• Buy a rotisserie chicken from Walmart. * After 7:00 p.m., they reduce the chicken half- off. *




• Take off all the white breast meat, chop it up, and put it in separate container.
  

• Put the whole chicken carcass and bones in a pot of water and simmered it for about 3 hours. (Low Heat-Do not boil.)

• Peel one onion, and add that to the pot.




• After simmering for 3 hours, take out the chicken carcass, the bones, and the onion. (Throw that away.)




• Add chopped up celery, carrots, onions and meat from chicken (that you had set aside) to the pot.
  

• Add macaroni noodles, and broken up pieces of lasagna noodles. (It was what was in the pantry at the time!)
  

• Add some chicken bouillon (1-2 cubes) for salt seasoning and add some garlic powder and pepper. (We added some Cajun seasoning too, but that is optional.)
  

That was basically it. The rotisserie chicken has a lot of flavor already. Simmer on the stove until you are ready to eat it. Add a nice green salad (that your really sweet neighbor made for your super-sick family to go with the soup...)

Enjoy! We did, and are possibly cured from the common cold...until the next one comes around...

~Ruby Red Slippers (With a plugged up nose...)