It Is Time To Cook Up Some Chicken Soup

One old fashioned cure for the common cold has been found to be as effective as any other remedy available. That cure is chicken soup. The warm broth soothes irritated throats while keeping you hydrated. Although it may not speed up healing, it can make you more comfortable until you get better.

Roasted chicken makes one of the best chicken soups. If you have leftovers from last nights chicken dinner you prepared in your kitchenaid oven they work well. If not, then grab a chicken that your local grocery store prepared in a rotisserie oven on the way home from work.

While you can buy a soup base that has already been prepared, it is easy to make your own. After removing the meat from the chicken, throw the carcass in a crock pot with a few vegetables and allow to cook overnight. Drain the stock for making your chicken soup and discard all the bones and cooked vegetables. This makes a great base for a home made chicken soup.

Add about three cups of cubed chicken and vegetables that have been prepared using your black decker food processor to the chicken stock. Cook until the vegetables are tender.

In addition the vegetables, you may want to add some pasta to the soup. Since pasta continues to swell in the soup broth, you might consider cooking pasta on the side and serving the soup over the pasta. You will find that the pasta keeps its shape much better this way. This also allows you to freeze your chicken soup without the pasta breaking down.

By preparing your own soup, you are able to control the amount of salt that is added to your food. Canned soups are often very high in sodium, which may present problems to persons with certain health conditions. The method of preparing your own stock from the roasted bird gives you even more control over the amount of sodium in your food.

In addition, by making your own soup, you are able to load the soup with fresh vegetables to increase the nutritional content of this very good food.

If you feel a sniffle coming on, then stop by the store today to pick up a rotisserie chicken and some vegetables. Head home and create a large pot of your favorite chicken soup. Cuddle up on the sofa with a blanket and a large cup of the soup and nurse yourself back to health with your own chicken soup.