Chicken soup

Chicken soup

Dice

1 small onion
2 large carrots
3-4 stalks celery

Add to a large pot over medium heat:

2 Tblsp light olive oil

Add onions and sautee for a few minutes stirring occasionally, then add carrots and celery and continue to cook and stir for about five minutes.

Add to pot:

1 thick slice of ginger

Mince:

2 cloves garlic

add garlic to pot and stir

Add

2 quarts homemade chicken stock unsalted
2-3 tsp salt
1/2 tsp black pepper

Bring to boil, then simmer for 5 minutes

Add:

1 cup egg noodles

Simmer for five minutes

Add:

1 1/2 cups chopped chicken

Simmer about 8 minutes--longer if noodles are not yet tender.

Add:

2 cups baby greens--spinach, kale, etc

Serve!

Mango macs

Mango macadamia nut cookies!

Felt like something a little tropical to warm up the snowday today.

Mango Macs

1 cup coconut oil

1 cup brown sugar

3/4 cup sugar

2 large eggs

1 tsp almond extract

2 tsps vanilla extract

3 cups flour

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

1 cup chopped dried mango pieces

1 cup chopped macadamias

Set oven to 350. 

Gently boil the dried mango pieces in just enough orange juice or water to soften them up.  5-10 mins till liquid is almost gone, then let cool. 

Cream coconut oil and sugars together till fluffy. Add eggs and extracts. 

Combine dry ingredients and gradually stir into wet mixture. 

Add mango pieces and macadamias.  

Freeze dough in 2-3 inch cylinders wrapped in foil or parchment

Once frozen, unwrap and slice into 1/4 rounds and bake cookies for 10-12 mins at 350.