Chicken Noodle Soup

I will be the first to tell you that I am not a great cook.  I don't even like cooking.  I joke around and say my next house will have no kitchen, just vending machines.  But living the poor life you have to cook.  I also do NOT like soup.  I never go somewhere and think, I bet they have great soup, I think I will order soup today... no.  I do warm up canned soup for my children at times, and no, I do not eat that.  I think canned soup is pretty much gross.  I will eat soup with rice in it.  But not plan soup.  And forget about adding an extra can of water.  Yuck!  With that being said I am a pinning oholic on pinterest and I found a recipe for chicken noddle soup.  With it being winter like here (temps in the 30's as the high), I decided lets try it!!  And holy moly, it knocked my socks off!!  Some of my children will eat soup, some won't.  Samantha didn't like the soup, the boys all ate it with little complaint.  The three older boys had more than one bowl!!!  Go me!!!  And I just had it as left overs (I don't "do" left overs either), and it was still great!!!  So this is a keeper for my family!! 

Here is the recipe for anyone that wants it.

Homestyle Chicken Noodle Soup (in less than 30 minutes!)

Ingredients:
1/2 of medium onion, chopped
1 bag of egg noodles (you can use either medium or wide)
2 cans of cooked chunk chicken breast (I like the Tyson brand), strained
1 can of sliced carrots, strained
Water
Chicken Bouillon cubes
Parsley Flakes

Easy steps to homestyle, tasty goodness:
1) In a large soup pot, saute onion in olive oil until translucent.
2) Fill pot 2/3 full with hot water and add bouillon cubes (I usually use 3 or 4)- you could also use canned chicken broth.
3) Bring to a rolling boil and add bag of egg noodles.
4) Boil until noodles are tender (approx. 12-15 minutes), and stir occasionally.
5) Add carrots and chicken and reduce heat to low. Simmer for 10 more minutes. (I usually do a quick taste test here and add more seasoning if it needs it.)
6) Sprinkle parsley flakes on top and serve!!! (Don't skip out on the parsley flakes- it really adds to the "homestyle" look of the soup. I am discovering that you can put parsley flakes on an old tennis shoe and it will look appetizing! haha)

I did add more chicken bouillon cubes then the recipe calls for. 

And a link to the blog.

http://wellfeefamily.blogspot.com/2011/09/homestyle-chicken-noodle-soup-so-easy.html

Let me know if you try it and what you think!