I still make cooking mistakes...

A year into marriage... I still make cooking mistakes. First, I must say that the combination of my crazy schedule last week (work and homework), going out of town this weekend, and my recipe that I was going to post up not turning out so well...I have not posted for a few days. At first I thought that I would not post my recipe from last week, but considering this blog is about learning along the way I thought it would only make sense. Last week I tried making one of my most favorite meals in the slow cooker... Chicken Noodle Soup. Usually I make it in a pot on the stove, but with so many slow cooker recipes out there I decided to try it out. I am not happy with how it turned out, but it was mostly my fault. I will share the recipe with you, and then I will review my errors.

Slow Cooker Chicken Noodle Soup

3 large carrots, cut into 1/2 inch slices

4 celery stalks, chopped

1 large onion, diced

1/2 tsp. pepper

1/2 tsp. dried thyme

1 Tbsp. parsley

Sea salt to taste

1 rotisserie chicken

3 cups low-sodium chicken broth

2 cups water

Whole wheat noodles

Combine all ingredients in the slow cooker, except the noodles. Let it cook all day on low for 6-8 hours. Cook noodles and place them in the slow cooker as well.


Trying to fix my mistakes...
1.) I put extra thyme in to make the soup more flavorful.
2.) When I arrived home from work it tasted too strongly of thyme. I tried to correct it by mixing more water, broth and some cream of chicken.
3) When it still did not have the flavor that I desired I added some minced garlic.
4) The garlic only made it worse. :(


Kenny said that he liked the soup, but I felt that he was just being nice. Maybe I am being over critical because I have such high expectations for my chicken noodle soup, and so many of my recipes have turned out well lately that I was disappointed with this one. I watch my dad (Chef Ronald) randomly mix in spices when he cooks...and he will add an extra touch of this-or-that. Apparently I became over-confident, because it did not work for me this time. You win some, you lose some. If anyone has any great slow cooker chicken noodle soup recipes that they would like to share, let me know! It is definitely good weather for it. Fingers crossed for better luck with my recipes this week! :-)


I welcome anyone who wants to share their cooking mishaps. We can learn from each other!