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Grandma’s Chicken Noodle Soup

PEARL CHATS: This is body and soul healing stuff! If your grandma or great-grandma made her soup from scratch and captured all the goodness out of chicken bones for her stock... that was healing elixir in a bowl! The only thing Grandma did wrong was to put white, starchy noodles in her soup. Those will fatten you up quick smart, so of course we are not going to do that! We are also not going to spend hours in the kitchen like Grandma... well, at least I am not, but Serene may want to. If you want to cook down bones for stock like Serene’s always doing, more power to ya, but I’m happy simply spooning in gelatin or collagen for bone goodness. Speaking of Serene, be sure to try her Granny’s Hug Trimmy Bisque (page 194). I give Serene a hard time about her extra steps and extra ingredients, but I have to admit that soup is incredible and, yes, not hard to make despite the “from scratchness.”. This recipe is found in the "Big Eats Soups" section of Trim Healthy Table Cookbook. This recipe is a family-serve recipe that feeds 6 to 8 people.

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PEARL CHATS: This is body and soul healing stuff! If your grandma or great-grandma made her soup from scratch and captured all the goodness out of chicken bones for her stock... that was healing elixir in a bowl! The only thing Grandma did wrong was to put white, starchy noodles in her soup. Those will fatten you up quick smart, so of course we are not going to do that! We are also not going to spend hours in the kitchen like Grandma... well, at least I am not, but Serene may want to. If you want to cook down bones for stock like Serene’s always doing, more power to ya, but I’m happy simply spooning in gelatin or collagen for bone goodness. Speaking of Serene, be sure to try her Granny’s Hug Trimmy Bisque (page 194). I give Serene a hard time about her extra steps and extra ingredients, but I have to admit that soup is incredible and, yes, not hard to make despite the “from scratchness.”. This recipe is found in the "Big Eats Soups" section of Trim Healthy Table Cookbook. This recipe is a family-serve recipe that feeds 6 to 8 people.

Ingredients
  • 1 1/2 Tbs butter (or extra-virgin coconut oil)
  • 1 onion (diced)
  • 4 cloves fresh garlic (minced)
  • 3 cups celery (diced)
  • 1 cup carrots (finely diced)
  • 64 oz chicken broth (2 quarts chicken broth (plus an optional 3 to 4 tablespoons TH Just Gelatin or TH Integral Collagen; see page 40)
  • 2 cups water (2 to 3 cups water)
  • 16 oz frozen cauliflower (1- (16-ounce) bag frozen cauliflower florets, or 1 large daikon radish, diced)
  • 2 tsp TH Mineral Salt
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 1 tsp onion powder
  • 1 tsp sage (dried sage)
  • 1 tsp thyme (dried thyme)
  • 3 cups chicken (3 to 4 cups diced, cooked chicken; see page 45 for cooking)
  • 14 oz konjac noodles (2 to 3 single-serve bags konjac noodles well rinsed, drained, and snipped a bit smaller)
  • 1/2 cup heavy cream (omit cream for FP; See Note below)
  • 1/2 tsp TH Glucomannan ("gluccie") (generous ½ teaspoon Gluccie; optional, but it gives a phenomenal result to soup texture)
Instructions
  1. 1
    Melt the butter in a large soup pot over medium-high heat. Add the onion, garlic, celery, and carrots and sauté for about 3 minutes. Add all the remaining ingredients (except the cream and Gluccie). Bring to a quick boil, then reduce to a low simmer and cook for 20 to 30 minutes.
  2. 2
    Transfer about 1½ cups of the broth to a blender. Add the cream and Gluccie (if using). Blend for about 30 seconds, holding on tightly to the lid. Vent the hot air, then blend again for another 20 seconds. This blending together of the cream and Gluccie is essential to the smooth, ever so slightly thickened texture of the soup . . . not slimy at all . . . promise! Return to the soup pot and simmer for a few more minutes. Taste to “own it” before serving.
Note

From Trim Healthy Table~

MAKE A FAMILY MEAL:

  • For the weight-loss plan, have a couple generous bowls alone or pair with an S-friendly side salad or bread from the Breads chapter (page 240). For an FP version, leave out the cream.
  • Growing children or other Crossie peeps can enjoy buttered sprouted-grain toast for a Crossover with the S version of this soup.

NOTE: The FP version of this soup is fantastic when you are sick and need hot, healing, nutritious fare. If you have a stomach bug, leave out the noodles as they take a little more effort to digest.

Read it online: https://trimhealthymama.com/recipe/grandmas-chicken-noodle-soup/