Virus-Killing Soup

Today I bought leeks, fennel and white wine to supplement the 20 cloves of garlic, fresh herbs, and frozen garden vegetables on hand to make this chicken soup. We have a 24-hour fever and upper respiratory going through the house; I'm sick of the germs. Yesterday I "Miss Haynied" all the light switches, door knobs and stair rails with hot vinegar water.

I got this recipe from the Sonlighters Club Forums:

One chicken
Appx 15-30 cloves of garlic, peeled & crushed
1 Tbs Salt
3-4 Thyme sprigs
Cayenne pepper
Rosemary
Fresh ground pepper

Place chickn & other ingredients in a soup pot & cover with water or chicken broth. Cook on stove top until chicken starts to fall apart. Remove from heat. Strain out chicken & stuff & set aside until cool enough to chop. Reserve broth for next step.

1 lg. onion (coarsely chopped)
1 fennel bulb (sliced thin)
1 leek (sliced thin)
4-6 stalks of celery (coarsely chopped)
large red pepper (chopped)
1/2 lb. carrots (chopped)
2 tbs. olive oil
1/2 cup good white wine
salt & pepper

Place oil in bottom of large pot & heat. Add onion, fennel, celery, pepper & leek & saute until onion is transparent. Add wine & simmer for 3-4 minutes. Cover the vegetables with chicken broth & simmer until veggies are just tender.

Green beans
Frozen peas
zucchini
(or cabbage, or any other veggies you like)
flat leaf parsley (chopped)
1-2 cans chopped tomatoes with juice
salt & pepper

Add these ingredients & simmer until everything is tender Add chopped chicken, salt & pepper to taste.

No virus can withstand this soup.

The next day add egg noodles & turn it into chicken noodle soup.