Chicken Soup Lollapalooza

The leaves on the trees are changing and falling at the same time!  It must be time to make more soup to freeze for the winter.

I decided to tackle my usual allotment of chicken soup, but I could not decide which one to make this fall.  Since the ingredients are the same with just a few variations, I opted to make Chicken Noodle Soup and Creamy Chicken and Rice Soup at the same time.  WHAT?!

I realize this sounds crazy, but both soups called for chicken, onions, celery, carrots, salt, pepper, and chicken broth.  The difference comes with the final ingredients.  The chicken noodle soup gets a healthy addition of the Reames egg noodles which you can find in the freezer section of your favorite store.  The creamy chicken soup calls for the addition of rice and heavy cream.  BOOM!  You have two great soups, and the prep work gives you a double dose in the same amount of time.

The next time I am in the mood for chicken soup, I will only have to decide if I want the one with rice or the one with noodles.  Just a quick secret is to keep extra rice, noodles and broth on hand because there are times you just want to doctor up the pot or make just a little more for company!

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