Elsa's Chicken Soup with Broken Spaghetti

Aired on: November 27, 2007

Poach a few chicken breasts and you've got Elsa's Chicken Curry one night and this soup for the next!

Ingredients

Leftover pot of veggies, broth and chopped up poached chicken
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1/2 pound whole wheat spaghetti, broken into 2 to 3-inch pieces
Optional Mix-ins:
Red beans
White beans
Chickpeas
Frozen chopped broccoli, defrosted and drained
Frozen chopped spinach, defrosted and drained
Frozen peas, defrosted
Grated cheese, plus additional to pass at table (optional)
Frozen peas, defrosted

Yields: 4 servings

Preparation

Bring the pot of veggies, broth and chicken up to a boil and season with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Stir in the broken pasta and cooks it until al dente according to package directions.

Stir in whatever you have in the pantry (the soup is, of course, great as is, but the volume and vitamins can always be bumped up with the addition of any number of mix-ins).