(Crock Pot) Chicken Noodle Soup

     The other night, I wanted to make something with the crock pot and since it's cool outside - the next day was the first day of fall - soup sounded like a good thing to do. I didn't think about making it until around noon, so I had to use a meat that could either go in frozen or would thaw quickly.
     After a lot of googling, I came up with a recipe from About.com. However, I chose to alter it some. The original recipe can be found here.

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Chicken Noodle Soup

     Ingredients:

          2 large boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cubed

          4 cups water

          1 package Mrs. Grass chicken noodle soup, prepared

          1 tsp Mrs. Dash Garlic & Herb seasoning

          1 tsp salt

          1/4 tsp pepper

          2 carrots, chopped

          1/2 tsp dried marjoram

          1/2 tsp dried basil
          1 tsp dried minced onion (I was too lazy to cut an onion)

          1 bay leaf

             egg noodles (as many as you want)

     Directions:

          Place all ingredients except noodles in the Crock Pot. Stir. Cover and cook on high for 3 to 4 hours. Remove bay leaf from pot. Stir the soup every now and then during the 3 to 4 hours.

(before noodles have been added)

          Add noodles. Continue cooking until noodles are done (about 1/2 hour on high)*.

(after noodles have been added and soup has been "plated")

          *The original recipe also mentioned that you could cook the noodles separately and add them just as you are about to serve, but I chose not to do that as it would just make for more dishes to wash. However, I think this might have been a better way to do it as the noodles were too done. If I were to just put them straight in the soup again, I would reduce the amount of time that they were in there by about half.

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     We had this with some Homemade Rosemary Garlic Bread that I had made about a month or so ago and had stored in the freezer. It would also be good with fresh Homemade Dinner Rolls or even just some fresh rolls from the store.
     It was an ok soup; nothing like the one that Mom makes. As Dad said, "It's just something different."

"Good manners: The noise you don't make when you're eating soup."

- Bennet Cerf