This soup can be made in the original way … which is the way I am posting
it; but it can also be made in the crockpot, and ingredients halved for smaller
families or a 2 person couple.
Remember that a recipe is
only a guideline – you can mess with that guideline any way you choose to
meet you … or your family’s … specifications. For example, today I am using
homemade turkey broth and chopped turkey meat left-over from Thanksgiving as
well as chopped frozen veggies and parsley that I harvested from my veggie beds
just before Thanksgiving: tomatoes are canned. I am cooking the soup in my **crockpot ** (Instructions at end of post) and I do not discard the veggies: we like chewy bits in our
soups ;-) I am also using store-bought spinach noodles broken into bite-size
pieces so we don’t have to mess with the long pasta ribbon noodles in our
bowls. I add the noodles ½ way through the cooking time so they do not get too
mushy.
8 servings
16 cups water
3 pounds chicken wings
1 pound chicken thighs
1 bunch celery, chopped
5 carrots, peeled, each cut into 4 pieces
3 yellow onions, each cut into 8 pieces
2 whole tomatoes, each cut in half
½ bunch fresh Italian parsley
3 whole garlic cloves
8 whole black peppercorns
8 ounces Spinach Pasta
½ cup freshly grated Parmesan
Bring First 10 ingredients to boil in large soup pot. Reduce heat;
simmer 2 hours. Strain broth into saucepan. Degrease. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead.
Cover, chill & degrease).
Bring broth to a simmer. Add noodles and cook until tender,
stirring occasionally. Ladle broth and noodles into bowls. Sprinkle with cheese
and serve.
**COCKPOT INSTRUCTIONS** Serves 2: 4 cups of frozen
Chicken or Turkey Broth – 1 cup frozen veggies (mentioned above) – 1 cup frozen chopped chicken or turkey meat - 16-oz. canned
tomatoes – ¼ cup frozen Parsley – spices in a metal spice ball (mentioned
above). 4 oz. Spinach Pasta (mentioned above). Parmesan cheese (mentioned above).
Put everything in the crockpot EXCEPT noodles and cheese and cook on high for 6 hours. Add pasta about half way through cooking time.
Soup cooking in crockpot.
Spinach Pasta noodles, broken and waiting to be added to soup.
Sprinkle ladled soup with cheese and enjoy :-D
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