Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Creative noodles

As most of you know I try to make everything we eat. Since being diagnosed with the brain issue I am very careful about what I eat.. what it has in it. The things i cant spell or pronounce really do scare me. I dont use aluminum foil at all. All my pots are stainless steel. That being said, I have enjoyed finding out how good things taste when you make or grow them yourself.
Last month i got a dehydrator. Ive dehydrated tomatoes and ground them into a powder. Did the same with onions and garlic, I have dried bell peppers, corn, carrots and pumpkin.
Now... I took some of those things and made tonight's dinner.

Chicken soup with homemade tomato basil noodles.
1 chicken breast cut small pieces
2 tbls butter
2 quarts of water(1 cup of white wine)
1 onion diced
1 rib of celery course chopped
3 carrots sliced
1 garlic chopped fine
1 can of corn, no salt drained and rinsed
1 can of green beans, no salt drained and rinsed
Sea salt, black pepper, red pepper, dried oregano, sage, rosemary

Brown chicken in hot butter until golden brown and the bottom of the skillet is brown. Pour water in pot and break up all that yummy flavor on the bottom of the pan. Add wine. Add all the rest of the ingredients. Bring to a boil then turn down to a simmer for about an hour.

Tomato basil noodles.

1 cup of flour
2 eggs
1/2 tsp salt
1 tbls of fresh basil chopped fine
1 tbls of dehydrated tomato powder
2 tbls of chicken soup broth from above.
Mix together.. It makes a stiff dough. Depending on the humidity you may not need the extra broth.
Now.. rolling. Roll into a 10 x10 square, fold in half, re roll into a 10x10 fold in half. Do this 5 times. This makes your noodles smooth. Divide dough in half. Roll one half very very thin. Cut with a pizza cutter in long 1/2" strips.. kinda like wide egg noodles. Allow to dry hanging over a wooden spoon for about 15 minutes.
Drop into to boiling soup mixture and cook for about 8 - 10 minutes on a simmer.

As if it didn't need anymore calories... Mark covers his bowl with cheese.

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