Aug. 25, 2011

Whammo! Double Post!
What can I say, guilt's a good pusher.

So, here it is: my adult-back-to-school-chicken-soup.

I'm not in school yet, but I am eating it now.
This reminds me of school when I was young... you know, chicken soup for lunch and a nice grilled cheese... mmm. I was a lucky kid who got to go home for lunch. This was something we ate a lot, with these changes added-- which I love.

Drop in a scrambled, uncooked egg and shredded cheddar cheese and chopped onion to the packaged soup mix and measured water once it's boiling. (Usually I use Lipton's Chicken Noodle Soup, but this time I tried dollar store ramen and bulk chicken broth mixture. I would suggest sticking with Lipton's...)
You could add wieners, but I'm cheap and don't buy them. They just go too fast and are too expensive (yes, wieners ARE expensive to me).
ETA: sausages= delish. Boil them in the soup pot, cut into bite sized pieces or rounds, and then add the soup mix, the cheese and the onions and egg. It is AWESOME.
Also, you could add carrot, shaved, into the soup after it's mixed-- for texture and colour. :D
Realistically, I've seen mixed veggies added-- I don't have any at the moment, though, only corn and I forgot to add it in to the soup. So, I put a touch of Kikkoman soya sauce in. Mmm... It was pretty okay, except that it kinda took over for the flavour of t he broth... but it worked with the ramen noodles.

Anything you wanted to add to the cheese, chicken noodle and egg soup would probably work. Ground beef. Bits of left over steak.
I mean, I would avoid fruits, I'm not THAT adventurous... Although I have a feeling that pineapple might be okay if you left out the cheese.

Anyway, go for it. It's cheap and so vary-able that it's good for a student's lunch three times a week before boredom sets in...
Then, instead of a grilled cheese sandwich, try tuna wraps... take a wrap or flatbread, add some tuna, lettuce, salt and I like whipped dressing in mine but mayo's good too. Or caesar salad dressing, or italian dressing... the possibilities are endless. Cucumber's good chopped and thrown in... :D
... Hungry yet?