Comfort food

I have a really sore throat today, and I'm finding it hard to swallow. This means only one thing to me - vegetable noodle soup. There's no recipe for this. It's whatever veg you fancy (for me, usually finely chopped mushrooms, and greens) along with a chicken stock, flavoured with soy or miso, and full of lovely noodles, finished off with spring onions. Nigella has a recipe for a similar soup in her How To Eat book, but I think that unless the idea of cooking terrifies you, just go with it - you can return to the pot during the day and make flasks for work, to keep your comfort levels high. 

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