Heart Warming Chicken Noodle Soup

Last night's chicken noodle soup was very timely. For the past couple of days, Cymone has been sick with a fever and sore throat. She tested positive for strep. We picked up soup made by Keri that was packaged with a sweet, heart-warming note for Cymone.

Ingredients:

One whole chicken (2-3 Lbs)

5-6 mushrooms, sliced

1 Tsp olive oil

2 cloves garlic, pressed
3 fresh basil leaves, chopped
½ tsp thyme
1 tsp oregano
½ tsp pepper
½ tsp finely ground mustard
1 tsp butter

3 C. noodles

Directions:

- Place chicken in a large pot, cover with water, boil, then simmer until meat falls away from the bones. (1.5-2 hours).
- Strain out meat and bones and separate. Place meat back in broth.
- Separately, sauté mushrooms in olive oil. Cook on very low heat until browned. Add to soup.
- Add garlic, basil, thyme, oregano, pepper, mustard and butter.

- Simmer for 15 minutes.

- Cook noodles separately in salted water, add to soup 10-15 minutes before serving.