gingerlie

boil a whole chicken with the lid on for an hour
take out everything and seperate the meat from the bones and then put it back in the pot of yummy broth with celery, cilantro, green onions, diced carrots, and whatever else you'd like to have in there.
simmer for half an hour.

boil some noodles while you are cutting your veggies
then drain and rinse them.
put them in the fridge while you are simmering your soup

when you are all done fill a bowl with the cool noodles and then pour the soup on top for perfect temperature.

when done... go to see MATRIX RELOADED!!!

you can do the same thing with tons of almost old or left over veggies, just throw out the old ones after you boil the them for the stock, then add the fresh ones and enjoy.... often times if i have brocolli stems, onion pieces, carrot and potatoe peelings, left over wine etc... i toss them in the freezer and when i get enough for stock or veggie gravy.
i hope you feel better soon.....