Chicken Noodle Soup - Oklahoma Style!

Andy calls my chicken noodle "Oklahoma Style"... I always make it for him when he's sick with the homemade noodles my mom always used to make for me. :)

If you are like me, make and store good healthy chicken or turkey stock, and end up w/ 5 or 6 jars in your freezer - here's a good use for it!! So much better than the canned soup and almost as easy.

If you're using your reserved stock for your soup base, get it out now and defrost it. I also chop up extra carrots, celery and onion and freeze them to have on hand as well. So throwing together this yummy soup is super fast. The ingredients listed are approximate so just use whatever you have available (except for the noodle recipe).

You'll need:
About 5 C chicken or turkey stock
3 -4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
A few of each - carrots and celery, chopped
1/3 - 1/2 C or so onion, chopped

1. Start your stock to boil in a good sized pot.
2. Add the chicken, cover and bring just to a boil, then remove from heat. Leave pot covered to allow chicken to finish cooking, about 15 minutes.
3. While chicken is finishing, prepare noodles as follows:

For the noodles, you'll need:
1 1/3 C flour
1 tsp salt
2 eggs
2 T water
1 T oil

4. In small mixing bowl, combine flour and salt.
5. In separate bowl, whisk together eggs, water and oil then add to flour and blend well.
6. Turn out onto a well floured surface and knead until the dough is not sticky.
7. Roll out to the thickness you'd like your noodles. Roll into a log and cut 1/4" strips. Unroll them, coat well with flour and allow to dry until you're ready to add them to the soup.

NOTE: For creamier soup, use more flour. For waterier (is that a word?) soup, use less.

8. When the chicken is done, remove to a cutting board and strain broth through a fine mesh strainer to remove any chicken "residue" that's floating around. Pour broth back into pot and add veggies. Bring to a light boil.
9. Cut chicken into small pieces - it's really whatever size you prefer.
10. Once broth is rolling, add noodles and allow to simmer for about 10 minutes.
11. Add chicken to heat through and serve!

NOTE: If you don't feel like making a mess with the noodles you can use egg noodles, just cook them right in the broth! But homemade noodles are so very well worth the time!!! :)

The Absolute Easiest "Cobbler" Ever!

This recipe was given to me by my friend, Sara. I just tried it and it's awesome! Note that you can use several combinations of fruit and soda (Sara used blueberries and 7-up) but I'll write what I did. You could even combine different fruits... Be as creative as you want!

16 oz. frozen peaches
1 yellow cake mix
1 can Diet Cream Soda

Preheat oven to 325. In a square baking dish, layer fruit, then cake mix (dry). Pour soda evenly over the top. (No need to even stir!) Cover and bake 20 minutes, then uncover and bake another 40 minutes.

Voila! Super easy!! :)