Tale of Two Soups

I absolutely loved reading all your comments on my workout epiphany. I’m so happy to hear that so many of you have had the same or similar realizations. Long live the healthy bloggers!

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I had a typical sick day lunch: hot soup and hot tea.

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I made a quick egg drop soup along with some Whole Grain Goodness toast with a dab of real butter and more mate vana to drink.

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I’ve been trying to rest and Bailey has been trying to help me feel better with his cuddle-power.

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He definitely helps me feel better.

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Hubby picked up one of my faves -a cinnamon roll – while he was out buying bread today.

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I think I’ve mentioned here before but when I’m under the weather, I eat for a couple things including nutrition and what makes me happy. Cinnamon rolls definitely make me happy.

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Late afternoon, I got started on some cooking projects. I decided that since I was feeling sick-y and it was rainy outside that soup would be a good idea.

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I decided to tackle two recipes so I could make extra to freeze for later:

  • Eat Drink & Be Vegan – Lemon Lentil Chickpea Soup
  • Ina Garten – Chicken Noodle Soup

I know it seems adventurous to try two soups, but I’ve made one before and knew it was super simple…plus cooking relaxes me.

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I made a bit of a mess in the kitchen but it will be worth it later when we have quick meals we can pull out of the freezer faster than you can say “takeout”.

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I even managed to prep some individual blueberry crisps using frozen blueberries we picked up at the farmers market earlier in the summer. I got these baking when we were ready to sit down to dinner.

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With two soups cooked, hot and ready to eat, I had a tough choice. I decided the Chicken Noodle would be better for me and went with that.

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Plus more Whole Grain Goodness toast with real butter lightly spread on.

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I was pretty happy about those berry crisps, too.

Hubby and I enjoyed dinner whilst bouncing between Bear Gryllis trying to catch a shark with his bare hands and Master Chef.

Anywho, check out the fruits of my labor…

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We have 3 servings of chicken noodle soup for later in the week…

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…plus 7 servings of the vegan lentil soup, which I plan to freeze for later.

I just love having home-cooked soups waiting on me in the freezer – they make for great, quick meals when you’re short on time but want healthful eats.

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Time to bust out my label maker…

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I’ve got some soups to put up!

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I have a BIG day tomorrow! I’m teaching my first public zumba class with my fitness company. Why is this a big deal? Because I’m going to have regulars! They are harder because they know when you mess up. 😆 eeks! Gotta finalize my playlist and pick out an outfit!

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Lastly, let me leave you with this amazing video my sister emailed me.

Wow! Makes me wish I kept up with my piano lessons…I would like to start them up again one day…I just need more money and free time (don’t we all?).

Did you / do you play any musical instruments?

12 thoughts on “Tale of Two Soups”

  1. Eat drink and be vegan is the go-to cookbook in our (meat-and-dairy eating) household. You MUST try the Moroccan phyllo rolls w/ the balsamic sauce. Amazing. It’s what Huby cooks to impress company! Oh, and the popeye spaghetti sauce is the perfect combo of fast+cheap+easy+healthy+tasty. Feel better soon!

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  2. Your soup looks delicious – and it’s so nice to have leftovers for quick & easy meals. Good luck with your Zumba tomorrow – you’ll do great! Oh – and we are obsessed with our label maker. Billy “labels” everything. Haha.

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  3. Great ideas on freezing the soups. I’m hoping I’ll have a weekend soon where I can do cooking marathon.

    I took piano lessons before when I was younger, it felt like a task to I hated it. Now looking back, how I wish I continued and have talents with instruments. I did keep up with dancing lesson and then continued on my own as an adult.

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  4. wow – they are some tasty looking soups!

    Oh my – I just found Bear’s show the other day and LOVE IT!!! Although it took Mr BBB a good half an hour to convince me that the fella’s name was actually ‘Bear’…I thought he was joking with me 😉

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  5. I always crave comfort foods whenever I am sick. A classic is grilled cheese! It’s the only thing I want when I don’t feel well. Hope you feel better soon and good luck tomorrow!!!

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  6. Feel better!

    I love cinnamon/sugar toast when I am not feeling well.

    Those soups look delicious – I need to get my hands on Eat Drink and Be Vegan – that soup sounds amazing!

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