Homemade Chicken Soup

Life has kinda been getting in the way of everything! So today on my day off and halfway through the week, I figured I would do some major meal prepping as well as make one of my favorite things homemade chicken soup. It was one of those days that I was just in the mood for moms homemade chicken soup. It is simple, healthy, and delicious...oh and did I add, perfect for having multiple containers left to freeze for another day.

Ingredients:

• carcass of turkey or chicken (this time I used a BJs chicken roaster carcass)
• 3/4 pot of water
• carrots
• celery
• onion
• tomatoes
• parsley 
• salt (sprinkled) 

Directions:

1. boil 3/4 pot of water and carcass in the largest pot you have
2. skim foamy white stuff off the top
3. add the rest of the ingredients 
4. cook for 2 to 3 hours 
5. stir occasionally, 

This has been my family recipe for homemade chicken soup for years. It is so simple and so delicious. I make a huge pot of it and have it for months left over in the freezer and I take it out as I want it. Its a simple, cheap, and healthy way to have the best soup ever. 

Hope you enjoy it and if you like the recipe, share it and comment with a review! 

ENJOY!

DIY Sriracha Mayo

The latest craze is something called Sriracha Mayo. About two months ago, I was introduced to sriracha mayo from a friend of mine. He had made a sandwich and had it on there. I had always wanted to try it and he shared some with me. Well I fell in love with it. Now I am not a person who likes a lot of spice. I turn lobster color if I have anything that is too spicy. But let me tell you, I loved the kick that it had. It was like a little punch to my taste buds. That day, I went to the grocery store to buy it, well to my surprise, it was $7 for small bottle of sriracha mayo. being that I am on a somewhat tight budget and I couldn't fathom spending that much I left the store empty handed. Maybe a week later, I walked in Trader Joes and in front of me was a huge bottle of sriracha for $1.99...ding ding ding...sold! Now it wasn't the sriracha mayo that I was looking for but I knew for that cheap of a price that I could do something with it. 

The internet is a beautiful thing. I searched for different recipes for sriracha mayo. I came across one that I had to try. It was simple, it was healthy, and I figured I had this whole bottle of sriracha, what could be bad. I ended up making the sriracha mayo recipe from the Bon Appetit Magazine. 

Ingredients:

• 1 tbsp sriracha
• 3 tbsp mayo
• 1 tbsp chicken broth

Directions: 

1. Cook chicken broth and let cool
2. Mix all 3 ingredients together. 

I wanted to mix it up and change up my chicken that I had for my salads every day. So I whipped up some of this delicious DIY sriracha mayo and soaked my chicken in it and baked the chicken. It was so delicious and it was so simple. I love easy, simple, and convenient recipes that spicy up your life. As a busy nurse, I don't always have the time to but I make the time to prep my meals. This made it easy for me to quickly prep my chicken and bake it and I had enough for 4 days worth of meals. It was the perfect combination and the perfect kick. I hope you enjoy it! Let me know what you think if you do end up trying it! You could add it to anything!