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Cure-A-Cold Chicken Soup Recipe
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(serves 4)
Ingredients:
2 pieces of skinless, boneless chicken breast
2 cloves of crushed garlic
2 chopped onions
2 T extra-virgin olive oil
1 bay leaf
4 chopped pieces of celery
3 thinly chopped carrots
4 cups chicken broth
Couple handfuls of noodles
4 thinly sliced scallions
Salt and pepper, to taste
1/3 cup chopped parsley and dill
1/3 cup green, red or yellow peppers; spinach; or parsnips and grated
ginger; optional
1 lemon
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Directions:
Combine the chicken, one of the onions, bay leaf and garlic in a large
saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil then simmer it for about
twenty minutes. While the chicken is cooking, put the olive oil in a
heated soup pot, then throw in the second onion, the celery, carrots,
pepper, spinach and parsnips, then season with salt and pepper. Cover
the pot and cook about seven minutes.
Add the broth to the soup pan, 2 cups of water (only one and half for
stronger chicken flavor), and boil. Place the cooked chicken on a
cutting board and shred it, adding it to the soup pot. Lastly, add the
noodles and cook for about five minutes. Take the pot off the heat and
stir in the scallions, herbs, and the grated peel of the lemon. Add more
salt and pepper to taste if desired.

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Garlic and onion bulbs has a natural decongestant, acts as an
antioxidant and destroys free-radicals that damage cells.
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Chicken Broth, the liquid of chicken soup provides hydration. Since it
is hot, steamy and rich with fat, it provides an added soothing effect
to the throat, stomach and muscles, also opening nasal passages.
Vitamin C rich foods, such as chopped
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green peppers, added to the chicken soup ups the benefits.
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Fresh ginger root shaved into the soup treats coughing, opens nasal
passages, reduces fever and body aches. It also aids digestion and gets
rid of stomach pain and sore muscles from the flu virus.
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Vegetables like parsnips, spinach, carrots, celery, scallions and fresh
herbs provide Vitamin D which boosts the immune system.