Chicken Noodle Soup

Yum! Whats better then some chicken noodle sou?. So, I actually thought it was Thursday and so began to build up tons of soup making aggression. I cut the vegetables, boiled the chicken, served the soup, drank the soup, and now I am sitting here realizing it is actually WEDNESDAY. Oh well, today is this weeks soup discovery.

I've never made chicken noodle soup from scratch, and so I really wanted to today. Although I didn't slave hours over making broth (I used organic chicken broth from the store), it turned out pretty darn good. There was celery, carrots, onions, garlic, corn, boiled chicken, noodles, and lots of black pepper. Teenage friendly in terms of taste yes, however its a tad tedious in preparation. Lots of waiting time, for boiling, and precooking steps. And no one like waiting, especially teenagers!


I think Ill go have another serving.

Velvet Raspberry

I haven't really examined any teenage friendly desserts. And so it hit me. Nothing is more tasty than raspberry sherbet (in terms of desserts, that is). Its almost, an all ages friendly treat. For ice-cream lovers that go for the sweet, raspberry sherbet is comparatively tart. Apart from that comparison, sherbet gets a thumbs up everywhere else. It has an irresistible velvety texture, its dense, creamy, and to top it off theres only a single gram of fat for every half cup serving. Plus, if you're the super healthy type whirling it in the blender with fresh raspberry's, strawberry's, and bananas and sticking it back in the freezer adds a lovely serving of fruit fibre in your diet.

I also saw my first ladybug of the year!

Discoveries....noodles, cheese and sandwich's!

One of my best memories has to be eating instant noodles everyday after school in grade seven. Ever since I found out they were deep fried, instant noodles were refused entry in to my special pantry. However, I had an urge. So I decided I would make some Chow Mein Instant, and eat half the pack. And they were so terribly delicious, they were boiled till tender, the seasonings were a little spicy and a little nutty, and the noodles didn't stick to the pot. Its officially on my to-do list to attempt to create a 'healthy' instant noodle dish. Right now, I figure eating them with spinach and cottage cheese balances it out.

In other news, this last Friday, my brother calls me and asks if I wanted any cheese left over from a potluck he was at. So he started to list them, and from what I heard over the phone, he said 'sharp cheddar'. And I love sharp cheddar! So I said yes, and then I find out its actually smoked cheddar. Needless to say it was better than sharp cheddar. Smoked cheddar, is softer (only aged 60 days, sharp cheddar is aged 9 months), nuttier, and lighter. I was addicted all through out the week.


In daily huntings, today I had a simple lunch: a sandwich with Indian cheese (paneer) tomatoes, and ginger. Really good. But not something I'd eat every day!