Chicken Noodle Soup & White Grilled Cheese!

Baby its cold outside! Perfect time for soups! and comfort food!

Probably Kevin's two favorite thing I make, my chicken noodle soup and grilled cheese! He will sit there and eat 5 bowls of soup in a row! 

Chicken Noodle Soup!

Ingredients:
2 cups egg noodles
1 Tablespoon olive oil
1 Whole cut up Chicken
2 Carrots 
3 Celery stalks and some leafs for garnish
1 Medium Onions
2 Cloves Garlic
1 Tablespoon Chicken Bouillon
1 teaspoon Salt
1/2 teaspoon Pepper
1/2 teaspoon Cayenne pepper
2 teaspoons Parsley
3 Tablespoons Flour

Directions:
1. Place chicken into the pot cover with about 4 quarts water and bring to boil.
2. When water starts to boil, turn heat to low and simmer chicken for 30 minutes.
3. The fat from the chicken will start to foam at the top of the water, strain this out.
4. Remove chicken from water an allow it to cool down a bit.
5. With a fork shred the chicken and peal from the bone as much as you can. Set the meat aside.
6. Place the bones back in the water and allow them to simmer for 45 minutes. This is where most of the flavor will come in!
7. While the bones are simmering, dice up the carrots, celery/celery leaves, onion and garlic.
8. Remove bones then throw the carrots, celery, onion and garlic into the pot.
9. Then add the bouillon, salt, pepper, cayenne, parsley.
10. Bring a separate pot to boil for the noodles. I like to cook them separately because they soak up to much water if I place them directly in the soup.
11. Add the chicken back to the pot.
12. When noodles are finished strain and add them to the pot.
13. Mix the flour and some warm water and mix together in a separate bowl until smooth then mix into the soup. This will make the broth nice and thick!
14. Allow to simmer for about 5 minutes and then serve!


White Grilled Cheese!

Ingredients:
-2 slices whole wheat bread
-2 slices of white cheddar cheese
- Gouda cheese 
-Butter

Directions:
1. Heat Skillet
2. Place the cheeses between the bread.
3. The best way to make the perfect grilled cheese is to butter the outsides of each piece of bread of the sandwich, then place on skillet and grilled each side until golden!
4. Place a lid over the sandwich to heat throughout and melt the cheese.

Slovenian Word of the Day:
Korenje meaning Carrot

PEACE & LOVE,
Kevin & Amanda