My dad’s mom, my Grandma Eleanor, makes the best chicken noodle soup. It is the perfect thing to have when you are feeling under the weather. But, it’s not your run of the mill chicken noodle soup. First, she adds crushed, whole tomatoes. They add a different flavor, obviously, but when you aren’t feeling well it is a welcomed hit of vitamin C. Also, she adds bay leaves. My grandmother loves bay leaves, she claims it is because she’s Polish and that was a staple in all of her mother’s cooking, but whatever the reason, bay leaves add something that is hard to identify but you know is missing when it’s not there.