A friend let me order a couple of free-range chickens from her farmer's group, so I spent three hours roasting one the other day. It was awesome. Delicious, tender, really chickeny-tasting, not dry--yum. I threw the carcass in the stock pot, added onions and skins, garlic, carrots, fresh herbs from my patch, peppercorns, and a bunch of water and let it simmer for a few hours. The next day, in our crock pot was homemade chicken soup with orzo, carrots, corn, green beans and peas. Along with some cornbread mini-loaves, it helped chase the foggy, rainy chill from our bones (unexpected in August.) Half the stock is in the freezer, and there is at least 2 more meals of the soup in the fridge for us.
So today, after Rowan woke from her nap, I asked Dr. B to "heat up some chicken soup" while I changed and nursed her. I planned to make us a quick sandwich to go along with it, but when I walked in the kitchen, I saw leftover lasagna being heated up.
"What are you doing? There's lots of soup."
"I thought this would be nice. Chicken soup and lasagna!"
"What? Won't that be a bit heavy for lunch?" I said. (Not to mention a really weird combination, but I didn't say that because to Dr. B this is normal. The man once served me spaghetti marinara with a side of plain steamed spinach. Ick.) "I'm not that hungry. We did go out for breakfast."
"Yeah, well, I didn't think the soup would be enough," he said.
I walked over to the pot, and picked up the spoon to stir it. "What is this?"
Instead of my lovely, free-range organic homemade stock delicious fantastic oh-man-this-is-good soup, there was some wimpy Campbells' with chicken flakes and carrot confetti (that I didn't buy, he did).
"Uh, yeah. Well. When you asked me? I had just woken up from a nap and I wasn't thinking clearly."
No kidding.
He attempted to doctor it up, but I must say, no amount of dill, garlic powder, Smoked Spanish Paprika and Herbes de Provence can add as much flavor as one can get by roasting the chicken themselves, simmering the stock, and adding their own veggies and pasta. And it doesn't go with lasagna.
So, anybody want some soup? We got lots.
3 comments:
Don't want any soup today, it was 96 degrees, but next week when the high is 57, I'll take some, ship it up!
And I'll take your recipe for chicken noodle soup, too. :) If your are sharing, because although I can make most anything, excepting gravy, my chicken noodle soup is still on the blah side.
And Dr. B, lasagna and chicken noodle soup, together? Just, eeww... sorry.
Sounds yummy, like something your Mom would make. You are definitely a chip off of the old block. What time shall we come for lunch?
I want the recipe too! I usually make mine by just throwing stuff in. It's good, but yours sounds better. :)
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