mom's chicken noodle soup

Ingredients

• 1 pound chicken breasts cooked and shredded.
• 1 quart chicken stock, homemade or canned, broth or boullion also works with varying results
• 3 - carrots, sliced or chopped
• 2 - celery stalks chopped
• 1 - onion, chopped
• - ginger, approx one inch peeled and chopped
• 3 cloves garlic, peeled and chopped
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 1 pound egg noodles, uncooked, preferrably homemade.
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 - bay leaf, fresh or dried
• - black pepper, to taste
• - salt, to taste.