Made the applesauce tonight. One macintosh apple, one honeycrisp, about a tablespoon of brown sugar, and about an inch worth of grated ginger.

I was too impatient to wait until it cooked down totally for dinner (with pork, brussel sprouts and radishes). it was good.

That sounds delicious, sauce and dinner both.

Yum, I want Vortex's dinner! I wasn't feeling well this morning and slept through the morning. I ate channa masala from Trader Joe's (which oddly doesn't come with rice) and frozen garlic naan. Which was yum.

I am totally going to the farmer's market, buying apples and making a big batch this weekend. so simple. I used my mini food processor, so it will take a little longer, but its worth it.

I made my new recipe hot and sour chicken soup tonight. It's so good and so simple! Lemony and garlicky with just a bit of burn. Plus chicken and noodles. I could totally sell this to people who had the cold and didn't have their mothers near by.

My Yellow Pages Ad: Got a head cold? Call me and I'll come make delicious soup for you in your house. I'll even swing by and pick up a video for you.

::smek smek::

Of course, you have to have a good bread to sop it up, and I got one of my two favorite breads in San Francisco: green onion & feta.

I made my new recipe hot and sour chicken soup tonight. It's so good and so simple! Lemony and garlicky with just a bit of burn. Plus chicken and noodles. I could totally sell this to people who had the cold and didn't have their mothers near by.

Taunter. You're not going to share this fantastic recipe with us?

Taunter. You're not going to share this fantastic recipe with us?

It's not complicated. Though it helps to have a roasted chicken in the fridge. If you're like me, and tend to pick up a supermarket roasted chicken at least once a week, then this is not an issue. Though I guess you could make it with fresh chicken, but then it would take more than ten minutes to cook.

Anyway...Chicken stock, 3 cups. Four cloves of garlic. Cut into chunks and crush it slightly with the flat of the blade. Toss in. Put in the noodles now. I use a fat Italian curvy noodle like Fusilli or Rotini. Use the bottom half of your chicken (the dark meat and stuff away from the breast meat). Toss it in making sure to include bones and skin. (Makes it richer.) Squeeze in half a large lemon. Liberally dose with Thai chili sauce (Srichacha). Let it cook ten minutes or so until the noodles are done. Fish out the chicken and remove the bones. Put the meat back in.

Serves two.

I usually skim it a couple times because you get a yucky froth when the citrus gets in there.

Serve with crusty Italian bread. (Pugiliese!)

So it has the virtues of Avgolemeno (a Greek chicken soup with lemon juice) and Asian hot and sour soups. But it's simpler with less ingredients. It's pretty much just chicken and noodles in a really satisfying broth that is easy on the stomach but good for clearing the sinuses and throat.

Thanks, Hec. I'm bookmarking that for later. I too usually have a cooked chicken in the fridge. They're just so useful.

They're just so useful.

Exactly! Instant protein.

Hmm, think I could make that in crockpot with raw chicken thighs. Add the lemon juice and Srichacha about a half hour before serving.