Mock Chicken Noodle Soup

This makes a fabulous vegetarian soup that is very much like a real chicken soup in it's flavor and overall character. I have made it for a couple of sick friends who are vegetarian and they adored it, and I love it, too.

There is some fried wheat gluten in it, which is great. I have also used Worthington's FriChik, which is a soy-based meat analog, and that is excellent in this.

Using a good, homemade vegetable stock is really essential to this soup. There is a good recipe for one on p. 20 of this book.