Chicken Noodles & Veggies

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I have been working on using up everything in my kitchen pantry in preparation for the great pantry clean out. I mean, obviously the less there is to remove from the shelves, the easier and faster the job will be when I finally get to it, right? So I was looking at the various things in there and found a few things I could use up and make a good dinner at the same time. So, I figured I should take time to show you what I used and the final product.

I should probably warn you I used an 8-quart pot and it was full when I was done.

So, here is everything I used to make this big meal:

4 (12.5 oz) cans of chicken breast	2 (24 oz) bags of frozen noodles	2 (29 oz) cans of mixed veggies	2 (32 oz) cartons of stock

I started with the pot and poured the liquid off the veggies and chicken into the pot along with the stock. I let it come to a boil then added the noodles and let them cook for the 20 minutes specified on the package. You have to stir it and kind of scrape the bottom of the pot every so often or lots of those yummy noodles will end up stuck to the bottom of the pot. Once the 20-minute timer went off, I turned the heat way down so it was just simmering and tossed in the veggies and chicken and giving it all a good stir.

Yes, of course, I rinsed and recycled all the packaging! It took almost as long to open those 6 cans as it did to throw this meal together. It is now ready to eat as soon as you give the veggies and chicken time to warm up, I brought it back to a boil and then just turned it off. This made for a very nice thick soup that ate more like a meal than a soup or stew. It was delicious with some fresh ground pepper on it.

I knew you would want to know what the caloric damage was, so I entered it all into MyFitnessPal to share with you here:

Now, there are loads of ways you could change this up. If I had it to do over again, I would have chosen mixed veggies that did NOT have potato chunks because I think the noodles were enough carbs. I could have used leftover chicken or turkey, but this is what I had on hand. I could have started with raw chicken breasts and boiled them in water and made my own unsalted chicken broth that way, I have done it many times. Like I said this was about using what you have and making what you can with what is on hand. I was thrilled that it tasted so good and I didn’t use any bouillon cubes in it! This fed us for a few days with some to share! It was delicious!

So, go look in your pantry and see what you can throw together into a meal and let us know in the comments below how it turned out. Don’t forget to share the recipe with us!

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