Souped up Noodle Soup

Nothing beats a nice hot bowl of soup when you're not feeling well. But when you're sick, who wants to spend all that time in the kitchen making said soup? It's always good to have some dry soup mix on hand and here's an easy way to "soup" it up a little to make a comforting bowl of soup without much effort.


1 carrot, chopped
1 stalk celery, chopped
1/2 onion, chopped
1-2 Tbsp olive oil
Freshly ground black pepper to taste
8 cups water
2 pkgs dried noodle soup mix or dried chicken noodle soup mix
1 cup elbow noodles, uncooked

Saute vegetables in olive oil until tender. Season with black pepper. Add water and bring to boil. Add soup mix and elbow noodles, cook until noodles are tender.

You could also add cooked chicken to the soup.