![]() ![]() The tomatoes add a bit of sweetness and acidity. I also like to cook down some chopped tomatoes and add that with chopped parsley to the soup. I use celery, carrots and zucchini. The chicken can be de-skinned and de-boned now and re-added to the soup along with the alphabet-shaped pasta. Once the chicken is cooked, the stock is ready! I remove the chicken to cool down and disregard all the other ingredients. This is the best kind of stock! I simmer my bone-in, skin-on chicken drumsticks with some flavor boosting ingredients like parsley, green onion, celery, carrots, red onion, peppercorns, whole cloves and cinnamon sticks for 30 minutes. There’s truly no place like home when we’re not feeling oh so good. There’s a warm and fuzzy emotional association which makes the food oh so comforting. A cup of homemade soup from a loving mother to her sick child brings an incomparable kind of healing. The thing is, comfort food isn’t just about the food itself. ![]() It’s also delicious and who doesn’t like alphabet shaped pasta?!? This nourishing Toddler Approved Alphabet Chicken Soup is perfect to help fight off the sniffles. I placed Roy on his favorite spot on the couch with the coziest blanket, turned on a movie and started making his favorite soup. And it’s the BEST feeling in the world when that someone knows exactly how to nourish your soul. As I embraced him, I immediately shared his sentiment that soon we’d be in the comforts of home sweet home.ĭoesn’t home become exceptionally comfortable when you’re not feeling well? It also feels SO good to know that someone will be there to take good care of you. That sense of relief after seeing a warm and familiar face instantly filled both our hearts. I was taken back to the similar times in my childhood when I was picked up sick. I picked up my son from pre-school, who came down with a fever, and my heart sank as I saw him. Last week, I was reminded about the importance of the warmth of home and family.
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