Merry Christmas week to my dears from Hilton Head, South Carolina! Karla, Chuck and I were mentally going through the fridge and freezer and Chuck said we should make chicken soup with the chicken we took as left overs from the fried chicken at Dillard’s restaurant. "Add a little onion," Chuck said "and that will do it!" So Karla and I went out to the kitchen and poured a little wine and began to assemble "stoup". I fried up some chopped onion and celery, defrosted a little bit of left over soup from the freezer, chopped mushrooms, added broth and the leftover little bit of macaroni and cheese from last night… some spices… stir and drink the wine. When I next opened the lid, Karla said, "This is what Rachel Ray calls ‘Stoup’".  It’s thick and smells wonderful. There is a bald eagle in a tree right outside and 3 merganser ducks swimming in the rain. We went out to lunch at a lovely french restaurant with a fire place and ate beautiful food! Lucky me, I have jeans with elastic in the waist!   Happy Happy Christmas!
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