Pulled Chicken Noodle Soup and An Award

Last week I had a bad case of the sniffles and sore throat. This soup came to the rescue as always. Everyone has their own version of this famous "keep-the-flu-at-bay" soup and this one is mine.Sip the soup and feel the burn! Don't restrict the soup to just when you are feeling under the weather. It can be had anytime of year too.

Ingredients:

• Moist, Cooked and Pulled(Shredded) Chicken- 1 1/2 cup
• Garlic - 2 cloves, minced
• Onion - 1, small, diced
• Homemade Chicken Stock - 4 cups 
• Bay Leaf - 1
• Frozen peas - 1/4 cup
• Cooked Noodles/Pasta - 1/2 cup
• Cracked pepper - 1 tsp or more
• Salt for taste

Procedure:

• In a stock pot, heat a tbsp of oil and add the minced garlic cloves, bay leaf, onions.
• Saute the mixture until the onion browns, add the shredded chicken and peas.
• Pour 4 cups of the homemade stock and sprinkle the pepper and salt.
• Bring to a boil and throw in the cooked noodles.
• Switch off the stove and pour the soup into serving bowls.
• Serve hot by itself or with some crackers on top.

Makes ~ 3 large bowls of soup.

Sending this as an entry to Presto Pasta Nights # 154, hosted @ Kirsten's blog. 
Enjoy!

Award:

This award comes to me from Love2Cook-Malaysia and Spicy Lounge with some conditions. I am honored that these 2 wonderful bloggers thought of me to pass it on to.
Rules in a nutshell: Thank the giver, display the award and brag about it, say 10 new things about yourself and pass it forward to 10 people -

People who didn't have enough of me after reading this can proceed here:

Who Am I? Not a very interesting/intriguing person,really. But you may beg to differ. :)

1. I was a Lacto-Vegetarian till 17 years. My initiation to eating meat was fast and furious with people practically threatening to shove it down my throat if I don't wipe the plate clean. I despised that bully tactics yet I am so very thankful to "them" for broadening my range of consumption much to the disappointment of my mom. As much as I love to try new things, I draw a line when it comes to eating blood pudding, endangered species, snake soups, toad legs and organ meats etc etc.
2. I try not to hate anyone or anything of God's creations. Yet I find it very very difficult to love reptiles and certain bugs..they give me the creeps.
3. I don't believe in zodiac signs and what they predict but I can't help but notice that I seem to depict most of the traits true to my sign - Scorpio!
4. I have come to realize that amongst the many shades of love, "Baby Love" is the best love. My son is the beat of my heart and pulse of my vein. Sounds very dramatic, but very true.
5. I have a color preference that is all over the place - love almost all shades of red, pitch black, beige white, charcoal grey and metallics. 
6. I am of the opinion that the best view to be had is the bird's eye view. What I wouldn't give to be a bird, to soar in the sky with the wind beneath my wings. I know what you are thinking. Skydiving isn't for me.
7. I have a weakness for scarves, shoes(Read Red Shoes), shades, bags,jewelery, Le Crueset /All-Clad Pots and Pans, Spode Cups and Mugs as much as the next girl and not necessarily in the same order.
8. I love phrases, proverbs, poems and idioms..a lot. My 2 most favorite phrases of all times are: 
Time is the school in which we learn, time is the fire in which we all burn - Delmore Schwartz 
Be the change you want to see in this world - Mahatma Gandhi 
9. I love day-dreaming about a lottery win that will take me to all the "101 places I want to see before I die".Not very productive but certainly brightens my spirit.
10. I am a girl who firmly believes in culinary therapy as much as retail therapy.

I am passing this on to 20 people. No rules, just a token of appreciation:
Bo, Ushnish, Tina, Sarah, AskKuku, Rachana, Cicily, Sook, 3 Hungry Tummies, Radhika, Fimere, Sanjana, Nithu Bala, Mia

New wonderful blogs I recently discovered and are award-worthy:
Kristy Gourmet, Dakshin- Meena, Ruchi, Pearlyn,Foodie With a Little Thyme, Fresh Local And Best