Home Made Chicken Noodle Soup for the Soul

Ingredients

8 chicken drumsticks

1 bunch organic carrots

1 bunch of cilantro

1 small white onion

16 ounces of egg noddles

Spring Water

Olive oil

Paprika

Oregano

Salt

Pepper

Instructions

Brown drumsticks in a drizzle of olive oil and season to taste with paprika, oregano, salt, and pepper.

Fill slow cooker 3/4 of the way with all natural spring water and turn on high. Once drumsticks are browned on all sides combine them with spring water in slow cooker. Let the seasonings melt into a nice broth. Add carrots and onions. Once the meat begins to fall off the bones remove the bones from the drum sticks and add noodles. When noodles are cooked thoroughly turn the slow cooker to warm. Garnish with cilantro and enjoy.

Benefits

Home made chicken noodle soup is first and formost good for the soul. The aroma and the warmth is comforting and fulfilling, almost anytime of year but especially when the weather begins to turn cold. The bone broth is filled with many micronutrients such as; calcium, magnesium, Vitamin K2, iron, zinc, selenium, manganese, phosophorous, and vitamin A. It helps support healthy collagen production, metabolic function and how we process energy in the body.

Carrots are filled with beta caroteine among many other vitamins and nutrients that are good for the skin, eyes, and balancing blood sugar levels.

Herbs like cilantro host a power house of benefits. It protects against oxidative stress and reduces anxiety, can help to settle digestive system, supports heart health and can also help prevent urinary tract infections.