I actually don't like rice or pasta in my chicken soup. Like it with just the veggies and chicken. Of course I was the only one in the family that didn't like it, so I made the fine soup noodles for the rest. Had to be those very fine noodles because that's what hubby liked.
I like pasta in it, the tiny acini de pepe. I also add parm cheese to my bowl. I add the usual onion/carrot/celery but sometimes add spinach or other greens. It's been a long time, but I would sometimes make tiny meatballs for the soup and add escarole for Italian Wedding soup.
I made the acini de pepe for my daughter when she was a little girl. She loved that. Italian wedding soup is also a favorite in my family. I'm not fond of cooked celery but added it for flavor. In Hungary you couldn't even find the celery stalk, only the root. It has a slightly different flavor. I grew to like it better. I always add parsnips to my soup too, not many, just a few.
Well..I wouldn't want peas in there..I like celery, spinach, corn, zucchini..but not peas.. I don't want oatmeal in there either.lol..go figure
I want a bowl of that wedding soup now, looks so good. Maybe when I move in with my daughter one day, I'll get back to cooking. They'll love me even more than they do now...if that's possible.
My mother always made her chicken soup with the carrots sliced in wide circles. I chop mine into chunks. She always used flat egg noodles.
I like all shapes..but lately I try to make it something like those tiny shells and such in the little bags..I like it to fit on the spoon..also I use a large mug for my soup..my favorite way to eat it.
This is what mine looked like but had parsnips sliced and celery and some chicken breast chunks. I also did matzo balls sometimes. My hubby liked liver dumplings too...wasn't crazy about making those.