Another Health Crisis. Haiz!

I am a disaster lately. First it was the flu. And then I threw out my back. Last weekend, while changing my bedsheets, I bent over to straighten the sheets. Pop! Pop! I felt my back going out of alignment.

Oh no! As I slowly straightened my back, I felt a tightness and discomfort at my lower back. Drat! I am always mindful of my back ever since I experienced a slipped disc. But sometimes a lapse of judgement will still happen.

Well, this I reckon is just a severe case of backache because it was nothing like the agony I suffered with a slipped disc. I can still sit and get up with ease, though painful. 

Being the gung ho person that I am, I still made my way to Aeon (at the time, it was not that painful) to get some light groceries. In fact, when I had slipped disc, I could still go to Aeon with my partner, though I walked as if I just gave birth to triplets wahahaha!!

Anyway, I have lived with backache for a large part of my life and it's something I tolerate quite well. I don't have a choice, do I?

Due to my predicament, I cooked something simple for the week - chicken soup! This is the first time that I am using bone broth to cook my soup and the taste is extraordinary. 

I have been making bone broth lately and quite frankly, I got put off by it when I had the flu. I just could not drink anymore and instead of wasting the broth, it all went into this soup.

The addition of chicken pieces and vegetables further enhanced the broth and this is comfort food at its best.

I guess I will have to disappear again for a while since I can't do much cooking or baking with a bad back.

Chicken and Vegetable Soup

Recipe source : Phong Hong

Ingredients :

- 2 chicken whole legs and 2 chicken thighs

- 1 large zucchini, cut into cubes

- 1 carrot, cut into cubes

- some cabbage, sliced

- 1 thumb sized ginger, cut into shreds

- 5 big cloves garlic, roughly chopped

- 1.5 litres bone broth

- 1 tsp sea salt or to taste

- some pepper to taste

Method :

1. Heat oil in a pot and saute the ginger and garlic until fragrant.

2. Add chicken and stir fry until chicken turns opaque.

3. Add bone  broth and all the vegetables.

4. Bring to a boil and lower the heat to a simmer.

5. Simmer until chicken is cooked and vegetables are tender.