Ring ring!

For Christmas I got a Galaxy phone from my Mom.

Today I finally got all my stuff charged and dragged it in to T-Mobile to get my service switched and (gasp!) all my contacts returned to me.

I can call you!!
I CAN TEXT YOU!!!

I can answer texts, take and make calls, and I have a complete contacts list.

Comfort Food for sick Kuklas

Generally when I'm ill I like chicken soup.

However, since I can't really just open a can of campbell's anymore (MSG! No Fair!) and actually making chicken soup from scratch is hard work when I'm not feeling well, I've come up with some variations that I'll make during cold and flu season.


Delicious Chicken Goo
There's two ways to do this: in a pot with a lid on the stove, or in a rice cooker. Now that I have a rice cooker, guess which one I do.

1 can of "healthy" Cream of Chicken soup. I find that the Aldi "Fit and Active" version works perfectly.
1 cup of rice (I use jasmine, though literally any rice will work)
2 cups of water
1 can of milk (or water)
Season to taste (I throw in some yellow curry paste or curry powder. It's gorgeous.)
Optional: Can of chicken (if you're looking to boost the protein.)

Dump the lot into your rice cooker and set it to cook.
On the stove, put the lot in the pan and set it to boil. Reduce heat and cover for the duration of rice cooking. (About 20 minutes.)

Once it's cooked, ladle it into bowls. It's not quite soup and not quite "rice dish". It's delicious goo. Let it cool before you start gobbling it down; a large spoonful can be nuclear in the center. I've literally burned my esophagus trying to eat this too fast.



Broth, egg, toast.

1 cup chicken broth (I get the kind without added MSG, or use stock I made myself.)
1 cup water (more or less to fill the space)
Season to taste (I like a dash of curry)
2 eggs
2 pieces of toast
Butter

Put the broth and water in a saucepan. Add seasoning. (Salt and pepper also do nicely.) Once it comes to a boil, stir to make a kind of whirlpool in the broth. Crack an egg into the center.
Set the timer for the duration of a poached egg. Yours will likely be around 5 minutes. Mine is closer to 3.
Poach the egg.
While that is poaching, toast the bread and butter it.
Pull the egg out with a slotted spoon and set it on a plate with the toast.
Stir the broth and add the second egg, set the timer.
Eat Egg 1.
Fish out Egg 2, eat with second piece of toast.

Pour remaining broth into a bowl. Eat like egg drop soup (which is what it basically is at this point.)

Bonus: If you've got leftover rice hanging around, toss it in the broth after you're done with the eggs.



Mmm.

Kukla is too sick to cook, but hungry:
1 cup rice
2 cups broth

Cook according to rice cooking directions. Eat.
This is surprisingly good. If you want it to be more soup-like, add a cup of water, too.