I need a recipe for Chicken Soup ...

My partner died of cance 4 yrs past
food all tasted off
she loved my baked potato soup

cook potatoes in chicken broth (cube then tiny it can be a bit hard to swallow on chemo.

add all the topings she liked on baked potatoes bacan cheese sour cream brocoly tops only! stems hard to digest!

also a good thing is boost I used it in vanila for anything sweet that called for milk the chocolate makes wonderful shakes when added to chocolate ice cream

be prepared for the statment "why does it taste metalic" it is the chemo and or radiation therapy that makes that happen

Just add some soup greens (you can buy them labeled just that, and it contains carrot, celery, parsnip) some dill weed add salt, pepper and I personally, add a touch of garlic powder. Simmer for a while till all the veggies are tender (I understand that you're using canned or already prepared chicken broth, so I'd say about a quart) and you can either strain all the veggies out, or chop them a bit into the soup. Extra fine noodles would go down very smoothly with this.

I used to make this in restrraunts.

Boil one whole chicken till tender (makes boning easier)
Boil water 5 quarts
Shread 4 carrots
dice 2 onions, one head celery
slice one each, bell pepper, red,and yellow Capsicums

Bone the chiken, then shread the meat, and place in boiling water
add onions, carrots and celery to water
cook till vegs. are slightly tender, then add Capsicum and bell peppers, half teraspoon salt, one teaspoon pepper, half teaspoon mustard powder, one teaspoon pultry seasoning.

turn heat down and simmer for about 30 to 40 minutes,
serve in bowl.

Am I too late?

This is so great! I'm really loving your recipes ...

Not too late, Shan!

How much time do you want to spend on it?

If pressed for time, simmer some skinned chicken thighs, sliced carrot and celery (not sure if onion is good idea), marjoram or whatever til chicken is cooked through and tender. Remove chicky and shred, discarding the gristle, fat, etc.

Return chicky back to the pot with egg noodles. You can get the wide or the Kluski noodles, whatever you think they might like and just simmer til the noodles are cooked through. Or cook the noodles separately and add just before taking over to them :)

If you have all day, just throw all this stuff in the slow cooker, except for the noodles.

Oh yeah, don't forget some black pepper.

Other "stuff": garlic, oregano, lemon juice, potato, dumplings

Very easy chicken crock pot soup. Dice chicken cutlets, add to crock pot, add chicken broth about 32 oz, to that add one small onion diced, diced carrots and some pepper. I also add chopped garlic cause I like that in everything. Once the chicken is done and the carrots are soft (about 4 hours on high), add about 4 ounces of frozen cheese tortellini. If you don't use the crock pot, cook it all on the stove about an hour, and cook the tortellini according to directions and add to soup at the end.

These are all wonderful ideas ... thanks so much!

Making Chicken soup is easy! It is the noodles that can be hard or time consumingl, but oh so good!

Can this person handle the huge amount of sodium found in cnned chicken broth? Even the ones labeled "low sodium" have too much for some people when they are ill, especially where the illness or the effects of the meds affect the heart.

Use the thinnest of soup noodles since the thicker ones can get overly starchy and pasty. A sick person is easily put off by food.

When a person is ill, small portions are much easier to contemplate, and food cut into very small bites. Big chunks can be off-putting. Therefore, it is better to cut the carrots into matchsticks rather than chunks or round slices, for example.

Good color really helps the appetite of a sick person. One nice step would be to wash a handful of fresh spinach and remove the tough stems. Plunge into the cooking soup until the spinach wilts but remains bright green. Remove and chop small. Return to the soup just before serving to retain the bright color.

I would recommend keeping noodles or rice on the side and ladling the soup over them (so they don't break down). If the noodles seem like too much, she can eat the soup with just chicken and vegetables. A gluten-free diet (no wheat, rye, barley and oats) is a good diet for someone with cancer. Read "Dangerous Grains: How Gluten Grains May Be Hazardous to Your Health," by Ron Hoggan and Peter Braley MD.

Thank you all for these wonderful suggestions! I really appreciate your help here ...

Sorry I wasn't any help!