omnomnom chicken soup.

I know most of you probably follow me for doll related things, but I know that I can't be the only one that's pitiful and flu-y right now; so I figured that I'd share the recipe that I made up for the chicken noodle soup that I just made another batch of yesterday, in case anyone else happens to want to try it out.

this recipe will make quite a lot, so if you don't want to make enough to last a family of five for a few days you may want to cut everything in half xD

you can certainly switch the veggies that I use for different ones if you prefer something else, I just used things that my family and I all like.

you can also definitely use all fresh veggies or all canned stuff, I just used a mix of both because it's what I had.

 

x2 48oz carton of low sodium chicken broth (I use Swanson brand)

x1 small package of chicken tenderloins

x1 can green beans

x1 can whole kernel corn

x5-6 small red potatoes

x1-2 handful of matchstick carrots

x2-3 handful of small pasta of your choice (I used ditalini) 

various herbs and spices to taste

 

I trimmed and put the chicken on to cook first.

cleaned a chopped the potatoes into cubes (I left the skins on, but you don't have to) so that I could put them and the matchstick carrots on to pre-cook while I shred the chicken after it'd finished cooking.

I boiled the potatoes and carrots for about 10 minutes.

after the potatoes and carrots were finished cooking I put the pasta on to boil.

I heat the chicken broth up in my big soup pot, putting in parsley, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, and pepper to taste; when it starts to boil add in the pasta and cook it for about 7-8 minutes.

after the pasta was mostly tender I'd add in all of the chicken and veggies and let it all cook together for another 15-20 minutes.

I hope that all makes sense for anyone who happens to want to make this.

I'm definitely not pro at recipe writing, I generally just kind of add stuff until it tastes good xD

lolwhutsocializing!?

so I don't usually get out much...
I make regular trips to the store for groceries and what not, and I go to the post office whenever I have orders to ship out; but aside from that and the occasional doll meet I really don't go anywhere all that often.
but a close friend of mine who I didn't get to see particularly often for awhile has been less busy lately, so we've been hanging out more again.
we went out to lunch today at a place called mimi's cafe (if you have one near you, you should totally go. omnomnom red velvet cheesecake) and then we decided to go to the movies to see the new, well not really new so much as new to the US, Miyazaki film "The Secret Word of Arrietty"
I liked it a lot, though I do wish it'd ended a little differently. I also wish they hadn't switched the names of characters to more American names when it clearly takes place in Japan.
I know they did it 'cause they wanted it to be more appealing to the American audience; but it just seems silly to me 'cause we already have an American film version called "The Borrowers".
but anyway, it was nice to get out of the house and actually hang out with someone other than my mom xD
my 365 photo for the day definitely suffered because of it though 'cause I didn't have time to take anything before I left, and it was nearly completely dark when I got back.
hopefully I'll have something better tomorrow though. I actually already have an idea for the shoot I want to do, whether permitting ^_^