I have not felt well at all since Christmas Eve. There. I thought maybe if I put it out there in the cyber universe, some AI (artificial intelligence) who had been monitoring my blog would send a medic drone that flew to my house and sprayed some “get better now” remedy as a test. (I would have given up all of my presents to feel better over the holidays)<\/p>\n
That was completely out there, but I am grasping. It has been 1 month, yes Christmas Eve, that it all began with the dreaded scratchy, sore throat. A few hours later, the heat clouds circled behind my eyes as they welled up and burned like they had been exposed to nothing, but heat and sand for days.\u00a0 I sneezed, I coughed, I blew my nose and then…face turned to faucet and it wasn’t allergies. Ugh!<\/p>\n
I made the infamous chicken noodle soup, which I had made the week prior for my boyfriend, who had also been sick for over 2 weeks to the point that his son and I monitored him as he slept.\u00a0 It had been 4 weeks for him and he still had a dry, rough cough.\u00a0 I thought I had avoided it. Nope! I still can’t breathe deeply without coughing and the cough is dry…so soup it is.<\/p>\n
My mother made us chicken noodle soup as kids and it was a recipe she learned from my grandmother, Noemi, who is Mexican-American.<\/p>\n
Egg noodles, chicken, carrots, celery, cumin, celery salt, paprika, garlic and chicken broth, salt and pepper. That’s it.<\/p>\n
When you’re feeling like you just can’t get rid of the ick…Chicken Noodle Soup with cumin and a touch of celery salt. It may not be a cure, but is sure does calm the nerves and stifle the sniffles. Oh!\u00a0 \u00a0A LOT of garlic. Just wait until you see how much.<\/p>\n