Mexican Chicken Soup

Ok I have, to have to, have to share this INCREDIBLE receipe with all of you!!! It is from Ina Gartners Food Network show and we made it for supper tonight its more like a stew but My Gosh it was FABULOUS!

1 Large Roasted Chicken and shredded when cooled. It is spiced only with salt and pepper

1 large white onion chooped--should be about 2 cups worth

3 Tablespoons olive oil

1 cup grated carrots

1 cup chopped celery

4 cloves of garlic finely chopped which you added at the end of the saute period

3 jalepeno peppers de-seeded and chopped finely

2 1/2 quarts chicken stock--we used the liquid left over from roasting the chicken

1- 28 ounce tomatoes canned--chopped

1 teaspoon Ground Cuman

1 teaspoon Corrinder

1 Tablespoon Kosher salt

1 Tablespoon Black pepper

6 tortia's cut into thin short strips this is put in to thicken the soup/stew and become like noodles

Ok the onion, oil, celery, carrots jalepenos salt and pepper are all sauted in a pan first add garlic last so you don't over cook it. Then in a large pot add all of your ingredients except the tortia's that you cut up. Cook 20- 25 minutes till a slow rolling boil.

Add your cut up torita's and cook until soft like a noodle--I think we did our like 10-15 more minutes.

Now for the KICKER add when served a big dollap of sour cream and diced avocado. Also you can serve with Tortilla Chips which we did! It was a meal into itself kids and like I said OH MY Gosh!!!!!

Well the medications from Monday seem so far to be working and the pain is not nearly as intense but still is rather constant but it is what it is. I am coping fairly well considering all the things I have learned from the "New Earth"

More from Chapter 3

1). For most people their spiritual teacher is their suffering. Sad but very true especially for me. This at first was very hard to accept but when I did it was like a brand new day.

2). Take reponsibility for your own life and your own consciousness rather than thinking of someone else's life and consciousness. With that said....

2a). Change can only begin with ourselves.

2b). Worry is the continuous mind noise that creates negativity. It is part of the EGO and are you ready SERVES NO PURPOSE.

2c). Find your inner peace to be able to truly change the situation--be present what can I do now. Can you bring prensence to the person in the situation and let them be? Are you in the position of not wanting to do something? Because what ever you fight, you strenghten, and what you resist persists.

This chapter was one of the longest so I will let you go for now and continue my adventures into this journey tomorrow.