Chicken Noodle Soup

When it's a frosty out and walks include crunch leaves, I love to come home from work and find comfort with Chicken Noodle Soup. It is a one-pot dish which is very easy to make.

Ingredients:

3c Gluten free (low-sodium optional) chicken broth

2c Water

1 White onion

2 Chicken breasts, cubed in 1 inch cubes

5 Vine tomatoes, diced

1/2 package of rice noodles. I find rice noodle linguine works well.

4 cloves garlic, pressed

pepper to taste

1 tbs dried basil

1 tbs red chili flakes

1 tsp honey

Instructions:

Place all the ingredients in a large pot. Bring to boil on medium-high heat.

Once boiling, reduce to a simmer and let cook for 35 minutes

Taste of the Valley

I recently went for a drive through the Valley of Nova Scotia to enjoy the Autumn leaves.What started off a trip to get apples turned into an adventure to The Lookoff, Cape Split, Provincial Park Blomidon, Fox Hill Cheese House, Grand Pre winery and a local farm market.

I highly suggest taking a lazy drive through Wolfville and the Valley on a nice day in Autumn. The vibrant

Fox Hill Cheese House
Fox Hill Cheese House is never a disappointment for cheese. They sell at the Halifax Seaport Farmers Market and you can buy it on-site. They sell not only their cheese on-site, but as well other companies.

Grabs:

• Jalapeno Gouda
• Peppercorn Gouda

Grand Pre Winery

The store for the Grand Pre winery is gorgeous. They have taste testing available for the wines before you buy them. They not only sell wine, but other wine accessories as well. The Pomme d'Or is always a fall-back for me; it's sweet and not overbearing.

Grabs:

• Moulin Rouge
• Sparking Peach
• Sparkling Maple
• Sparkling Blueberry
• Acadia Blanc (not shown above)

Moulin Rouge

The Moulin Rouge is a sweet but decent wine. It would make a great Sangria. The only downside I had with it is that at the bottom it had solids floating about.

Sparkling Peach

This was a very delightful sparkling wine. I was very happy that it wasn't overly sweet. It had a delicious taste of peach without tasting like peach drink. I mixed in rose syrup to make a sparkling rose drink; it was delicious! It mixes very well with other flavors.

Sparkling Blueberry

I love blueberries and I loved this wine. It was fantastic. I didn't try meddling other flavors in with it; it held its own very well

Sparkling Maple

The Sparkling Maple would have been better as a desert wine. It tasted too much like maple syrup to be really enjoyed as a sparkling wine.

Acadia Blanc

This was the only wine I didn't like. It had distinct fruit flavors but just didn't taste too well mixed together. To top it off, I came down with a massive headache after drinking one glass the two times I tried it.

Fall Slowcooker Chili

With the arrival of Fall, I always enjoy eating chili. It's a warm, delicious hug which reminds me of New Brunswick. I enjoy cooking chili overnight so I can bring some to work for lunch.

Since I'm in Atlantic Canada, at the end of the recipe will be a brand or store suggestion where I found the gluten-free ingredients for those which have a * next to them.

Slowcooker Chili
2 lbs Extra Lean Ground Beef
1 White Onion, diced
2 tbs Sriracha sauce
6 jalapenos, diced
2 cups broth (whichever you like)*
2 tbs gluten-free BBQ sauce*
Can of Diced Tomatoes*
Can of Tomato Paste*
2 cans Kidney Beans*
2 cans Black Beans*
1 green pepper
1 red pepper
3 tbs Sriracha sauce
1 tsp garlic
2 tbs red pepper flakes
Oil as Needed (Grapeseed works well for this)
Pepper as desired

In a large fry pan, cook the ground beef and onion in 2 tbs Sriracha sauce and some oil over medium heat until thoroughly cooked.

In a slow cooker, add ground beef and onion, about 2 tbs oil, and the rest of the ingredients. Stir. Cook on low for 6-8 hours.

Optional Ingredients
Meat Substitutes; Moose, Poultry, Deer, Pressed Firm Tofu, Pork
Beer
Potatoes

Atlantic Canada Food Supplies
Broth
Cambell's non-organic Vegetable Broth (Superstore, Sobeys)
Pacific Organic Chicken Broth, Low Sodium (Sobeys)

Diced Tomatoes / Tomato Paste
Eden Foods (Sobeys, Superstore); Diced Tomatoes, Crushed Tomatoes,
Heinz (Sobeys, Superstore); Tomato Paste No Salt Added

BBQ Sauce
Amazing Dad's BBQ Sauce (Sobeys, Superstore)

Websites for more info:
Eden Foods
Heinz