Hey everyone, it is me, Dave, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, quick chicken noodle soup. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Quick Chicken Noodle Soup is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They are nice and they look wonderful. Quick Chicken Noodle Soup is something which I have loved my whole life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook quick chicken noodle soup using 15 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Quick Chicken Noodle Soup:
- Get 2 tablespoons olive oil
- Prepare 1 cup carrots, peeled and sliced thin
- Get 1 cup celery, sliced thin
- Prepare 1 cup onion diced
- Make ready 2 cloves garlic, minced
- Prepare 64 oz chicken broth (or more if desired)
- Get 2 Bay leaves
- Prepare 1 teaspoon fresh thyme (or 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme)
- Make ready 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- Make ready 1 teaspoon black pepper
- Prepare 12 oz wide egg noodles
- Make ready 2 cups shredded cooked chicken
- Make ready 3-4 Tablespoons fresh parsley
- Get 1 Tablespoon lemon juice (optional)
- Get to taste Salt
Steps to make Quick Chicken Noodle Soup:
- To a large Dutch oven or stockpot, add the oil and heat over medium-high heat to warm
- Add the carrots, celery, onion, and sauté for about 7 minutes, or until vegetables begin to soften. Stir intermittently.
- Add the garlic and sauté for another 1 to 2 minutes.
- Add the chicken broth, bay leaves, thyme, oregano, pepper, and bring to a boil. Allow mixture to boil gently for about 5 minutes or until vegetables are fork-tender. Note – If you like brothier soup, add additional broth, possibly as much as an additional 64 ounces because as time passes the noodles will continue to absorb broth
- D the egg noodles and boil mixture for about 10 minutes, or until noodles are soft and cooked through. Add more broth if desired.
- Add the chicken, parsley, optional lemon juice (brightens up the flavor), and boil 1 to 2 minutes, or until chicken is warmed through. Taste soup and add salt to taste. Remove Bay leaves and enjoy!!
Learn How to Boost Your Mood with Food
In general, people have been taught to think that “comfort” foods are terrible for the body and have to be avoided. At times, if your comfort food is essentially candy or other junk foods, this is true. At times, comfort foods can be very nourishing and good for us to eat. Some foods really do improve your mood when you eat them. If you seem to feel a little bit down and need a happiness pick me up, try a couple of these.
Eggs, believe it or not, can be truly great at fighting back depression. Just make sure that you don’t get rid of the egg yolk. The egg yolk is the part of the egg that is the most crucial in terms of helping elevate your mood. Eggs, the egg yolks particularly, are rich in B vitamins. B vitamins can genuinely help you boost your mood. This is because they help your neural transmitters–the parts of your brain that control your mood–function better. Try to eat an egg and feel happier!
Put together some trail mix of nuts or seeds. Your mood can be raised by eating peanuts, almonds, cashews, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, etc. This is because seeds and nuts have lots of magnesium which boosts your brain’s serotonin levels. Serotonin is the “feel good” chemical that dictates to your brain how you feel all the time. The more of it in your brain, the happier you’ll feel. Nuts, along with raising your mood, can be a super protein source.
If you want to defeat depression, try consuming some cold water fish. Salmon, herring, tuna fish, mackerel, trout, etc, they’re all high in omega-3s and DHA. These are two things that really help the grey matter in your brain work a lot better. It’s true: chomping on a tuna fish sandwich can really help you fight back depression.
Grains can be good for fighting a terrible mood. Barley, millet, quinoa, etc are excellent at helping you have a happier mood. These foods fill you up better and that can help elevate your moods too. It’s not hard to feel low when you feel famished! The reason these grains can improve your mood is that they are not difficult to digest. These foods are easier to digest than others which helps promote a rise in your blood glucose which in turn brings up your mood to a happier place.
Green tea is actually good for your mood. You were sure green tea had to be mentioned, right? Green tea is rich in a specific amino acid called L-theanine. Research has proven that this amino acid induces the production of brain waves. This helps improve your mental energy while simultaneously calming your body. You already knew that green tea helps you become better. Now you know that applies to your mood also!
Now you can see that junk food isn’t necessarily what you should eat when you want to help your moods get better. Try a few of these instead!
