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Mrs. Flynn's Chicken Soup Recipe

Start early in the day and let the aroma fill your house. Perfect on a cold snowy day or when someone isn't feeling well.

Ingredients

For the stock:

1 whole raw chicken

1 onion, peeled and cut into quarters

3-4 carrots, peeled and cut in half

3 stalks of celery cut into thirds

a few or a lot of cloves of garlic

fresh herbs like parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme

2-3 whole bay leaves

Salt and whole peppercorns

For the soup:

4 carrots, peeled and sliced

4 celery stalks sliced

1 onion diced

2 tablespoons olive oil

salt and pepper

small pasta - ditalini is my favorite

Photo Courtesy of Sarah Flynn

Pictured above is Sarah Flynn's homemade chicken soup. Perfect meal for a cold winter FID day!

1. In a soup pot, add everything from above and add enough water to cover - a few inches from the top. Cover with a lid but ajar so steam can release.

2. Get it to boil, then immediately turn down to a low simmer for about 4 hours or more, stirring occasionally.

3. Remove and discard the veggies. Remove the chicken onto a plate and debone. (Save the wishbone!)

4. Strain the broth into another stock pot.

5. Use ingredients below to make the soup. Add chopped veggies to heated olive oil and stir until fragrant - about 5 minutes.

6. Add the stock to the veggies and about half of the chicken pieces. Save the rest of the chicken or freeze for another meal!

7. Once your veggies are cooked to desired tenderness (about 5-10 more minutes), your soup is ready to eat.

8. Cook pasta separately and add to individual bowls to avoid soaking up too much broth.

Amber Krisukas Trader Joe's Dumpling Bake.

I love to watch videos of simple recipes that I can try, cook together with my boys, then share with my family and friends. I recently saw a video recipe for "Trader Joe's Dumpling Bake." Sadly, we don't have a Trader Joe's nearby, however, Mrs. Weaver, our administrative assistant extraordinaire, offered to pick up the ingredients while visiting Trader Joes on her travels to visit her daughter. Once she kindly procured the ingredients for me, I made the most savory Thai-style dumplings (insert chef kiss)!

Ingredients:

1 can of Trader Joe's Organic Coconut Milk

3T Trader Joe's Soyaki (think soy sauce meets sesame teriyaki)

1/2 jar of Trader Joe's Thai Style Red Curry Sauce

3 minced garlic cloves

1 package of baby spinach

1 package of frozen dumplings (chicken or vegetable)

Combine all of the ingredients, cover with foil and bake at 400 degrees until the sauce is bubbly, the spinach is wilted, and the dumplings are fully cooked (approximately 45 minutes). You can enjoy them plain, or top with green onion and/or chili crunch oil (MY FAVORITE) for some added heat and texture. You can also serve this over steamed jasmine rice.

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