Chicken Noodle Soup

D wasn't feeling well, so I went to the store to pick up some chicken soup for her.  When I saw the options at the service deli, I decided to make it from scratch, so I picked up a whole chicken (which, at $4.63, cost less than the prepared soup at the deli) and boiled it with carrots, onions and a head of garlic.  (Side note: always combine the ingredients in cold water and then bring it to a boil slowly.)  After about an hour, I pulled the chicken out, boned and diced it, then strained the soup and brought it back up to a boil and added chopped carrots and ditale (a short, tube-shaped pasta that looks like rigatoni cut into pieces), then finished it off by returning the chicken to the party.