Soup weather

Its raining and pouring outside, and we totally overdid the food last week for Thanksgiving. Those factors combined mean it's soup weather at our house. Last night I tried out a new recipe (which is always risky with opinionated elementary age kids in the house) and surprise it was a success!

Not only did everyone eat, but the recipe was simple and on the table in about 30 minutes. It's an egg drop soup with chicken. We also had steamed rice and edamame....have to have our veggies! It also gave me an excuse to use up some chicken & veggie broth from last week. One of the easiest crock pot recipes ever..that'll have to be the next food post.

Egg Drop soup with chicken

Ingredients

·                     4  cups low-sodium chicken broth

·                     3  tablespoons low-sodium soy sauce

·                     3   garlic cloves, smashed

·                     1- 1/2  teaspoons ground ginger

·                     4  ounces wide rice noodles or pad thai noodles, broken into 3-inch pieces ( or substitute a handful of regular egg noddles)

·                     2  tablespoons cornstarch

·                     2   eggs, lightly beaten

·                     1- 1/2  cups cooked, shredded chicken

Directions

1. Bring the broth, 1-1/2 cups water, soy sauce, garlic and ginger to a boil over medium-high heat in a medium-size saucepan. Reduce heat to medium and cook broth mixture for 10 minutes.

2. Remove the garlic cloves with a slotted spoon and add noodles to pot; cook for 4 minutes or until tender.

3. Meanwhile, stir together the cornstarch and 2 tablespoons water in a small bowl; whisk into broth and cook for 1 minute or until thickened.

4. Stir the soup so it is moving in a circular direction. Pour in the beaten eggs in a slow, steady stream. Stir in chicken. Serve immediately. Original recipe from recipe.com

Enjoy! What's your favorite soup recipe???...the simpler the better.

Fabulous Friday Fitness Challenge

Happy Friday! Thanks for tuning in for a challenge. Today it's all about getting the heart rate up. Taking just a few minutes to get your heart pumping adds time to our lives. Really, one of my favorite fitness facts is that an hour of exercise today can add 2 hours to your life. And it can be an hour broken up into several chunks throughout your day. So let's get movin'!

This one is a do nearly anywhere exercise. March in place. Simple. Stand, march in place in 10 minutes. To mix it up we're going to add intervals. March for 2 minutes easy, then pick up your pace and march a little faster for 30 seconds. Alternate 4 times.


READY...SET...GO!!! 

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