Beware, this recipe won’t have exact measurements. I don’t believe that soup really should. The concept of a soup is to throw stuff in a pot and simmer it for an hour. You can play with the ingredients. For example, you can make curried chicken soup or chicken tomato soup. Anything goes!

My recipe is rather simple. I roasted a chicken this weekend. After we were done eating it, I took all the chicken off the bones, threw the bones in a pot, filled the pot with water, added salt and pepper, and brought the water to a boil. I then simmered it for an hour, let it cool down, and then put it into containers.

That wonderful stock will be the basis to my soup, as is the leftover chicken. I am going to put some of the stock in a pot, the leftover chicken, and add onion powder, fresh chopped parsley leaves, garlic powder, basil, salt, pepper, and some kind of small pasta. I’ll simmer that for an hour and voila, I made soup!

If I felt like it I could chop some veggies like carrots and celery and add whichever ingredients I want - but this is my basic recipe and one I thought I’d share. I think everyone needs to try cooking without measuring at least once in their lives.

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