Chicken Noodle Soup for a Tube

Let’s Be Real

Every time I go to post a recipe on my blog, I hesitate since I don’t have professional pictures or fancy ways to explain certain ingredients. Yet, that is exactly the point I’m trying to make – you don’t have to be “cool” or monetarily driven to be successful in simple ways like this – making your child g-tube formula. So, if you have a normal kitchen with dishes piled high, spills on the floor, a fridge that is full of expired food – this recipe is for you!

Feeling Joy in a Recipe

Many things I stress as part of my journey as a medical parent are the emotional aspects of daily tasks. For example, feeding your child with a tube. Most often, it becomes part of nature – other times, it hits you a little harder than most. That is why I create fun recipes – ones that make me smile even on the hard days. The following recipe, Chicken Noodle Soup, is one of them – it’s one that simply made me smile.

Recipe Notes

For my girl, I try to stay away from gluten, sugar, and processed goods. This is a primary reason why I home-make her food. Therefore for this recipe I use Banza Chickpea Noodles – an excellent way to give carbs, protein, vegetables, yet have the “noodle” element for our emotional well being.

The chicken I use is the multi-pack of 3.2 oz at Costco – I stick them in the freezer, then the day of making the recipe I pull them out and use them. When making homemade g-tube formula, you need to find easy, inexpensive ingredients like this to help the difficulty decrease.

Another good idea is to get the frozen Dorit spices (see below) that are easy to add into a recipe. Garlic has so many health benefits, and Dorit allows it to be convenient to add to meals.

This recipe is also a good way to use those chicken scraps or the 1 cup of chicken broth sitting in your fridge…

Chicken Noodle Soup

Sylvia

A recipe designed to help you feel nostalgia and memories, even if you're feeding through a g-tube.

Print Recipe

Prep Time 30 minutes mins

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Servings 4 servings

Calories 180 kcal

Equipment

• 1 BlendTec
• 1 bowl
• 1 Rubber spatula
• 4 Plastic 12 oz bottles
• 1 strainer
• 1 Food Scale

Ingredients

  

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Protein

• 2 oz Banza Chickpea Rotini
• 2 oz Boneless skinless chicken breast
• 1 cup A2 Whole milk

Water Content

• 1 cup Chicken Broth
• Water Add water to get to total of 32 oz formula after straining

Vegetables

• 1/4 cup Carrots
• 1 clove garlic
• 1/4 cup Celery

Healthy Fats & Probiotics

• 1 tblsp olive oil
• 1 cup Kefir

Instructions

 

• Cook Chicken Breast & Noodles
• Pour milk, broth, garlic, olive oil, and kefir into blender
• Add chicken, noodles, celery, and carrots into blender
• Blend on high 3 times
• Zero out scale with batter bowl
• Strain while weighing formula
• Add water to make formula a total of 32 oz
• Divide 8 oz into each bottle
• Label and store

Notes

Nutrition facts for ‘Chicken Noodle Soup’

 

Recommended for Bolus Feed but can possibly go through Infinity Pump if tube is massaged at the ‘drop’ point in pump.

Nutrition

Calories: 180kcal

Keyword chicken, noodle, soup

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