Chicken Noodle Soup

I'm back!
Behold - super easy chicken noodle soup with warm broth and vegetables to soothe any sickly loved one, but just enough spices to keep your entire house from smelling like a boiled chicken. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Ingredients:
4 cans (14 oz ea.) chicken broth - or the equivalent amount of chicken bouillon and water (7 cups), which is what I use
1 TBSP butter
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup chopped celery
1 c. sliced carrots
1/2 lb. cubed chicken
1 1/2 cup egg noodles - I like to use Rotini or other pasta because it's more fun (ie. Blue's Clues Macaroni)
1/2 tsp. basil
1/2 tsp. oregano
salt & pepper to taste

Instructions:

• Melt butter in pot. Cook onion and celery in butter. 5 min.
• Pour in broth & stir in chicken, noodles, carrots, and seasoning.
• Bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer 20 min.

Makes 6 servings.

This is so so good, people. I want to make some now even though I'm not sick....

p.s. There is  more broth than is shown in the picture. I forgot to take a picture of my first bowl, so this is seconds.

Bisquick Chicken Fingers

Here it is! Recipe #1! Anything that is not made from a box is fair game for recipe sharing, so here goes.

Ingredients:
2/3 cup Bisquick mix (or generic baking mix)
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1/2 tsp. salt or garlic
1/2 tsp. paprika
3 boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut crosswise into 1/2-1" strips
1 egg, beaten
3 TBSP margarine, butter, OR cooking oil spray

To Cook:
1. Heat over to 450oF . Spray glass dish with cooking spray OR line metal dish with parchment paper/ foil.
2. Mix Bisquick, cheese, salt & paprika in a gallon-size ziploc bag.
3. Dip half the chicken strips into the egg, then place (after letting some of the egg drip off) in the bag. Seal the bag; shake to coat. Place chicken on baking dish. Repeat with remaining chicken (add more Bisquick if necessary). Drizzle butter over chicken OR spray liberally with cooking spray.
4. Bake 12 to 14 minutes, turning after 6 minutes with spatula, until no longer pink in center.

Comments:
This is incredibly easy and fast to make. It takes a little time to slice & shake the chicken, but it cooks in 15 minutes! Chicken comes out nice and moist too. Clearly not a Gluten Free meal, unless you have a GF baking mix, but it's cheap and easy!
This recipe comes from my Betty Crocker/Bisquick cookbook. It's a mini-magazine full of 4x6 recipe cards - each with a tasty photo. Just keep your eyes pealed in the check-out line!