GF Quinoa chicken vegetable soup

I was just messing around one cold Saturday and decided I would try my take on a chicken noodle soup. Some of the noodles I can eat, others I can't. I really miss a good soup on these cold days. I love hearty soups too.

So winged it. Grabbed 2 bags of frozen vegetables- the soup medley. Which have onions, celery, etc. Grabbed 2 boxes of the low sodium chicken broth. I threw in a cup of quinoa. Cook on high/ med heat to get them to start cooking. I also threw in some fresh ground pepper.

At the very end, I added fresh avocado to the mix, all nicely cut up. I had also cooked a chicken in the oven so I threw the chicken in there. OMG it was delicious!

The quinoa definitely plumped up and at the end it was almost like a stew. I did't care b/c it was so filling and tasty! Boyfriend also ate it up! We made it again (b/c again it is just so cold) and it was gone pretty fast. Super easy as it only took about 35 minutes total cook time! Yeah! And made a lot!! Not bad for making it up!

Cheers,
Lauren

Gluten free trial #1 acorn squash soup

Warning this is a failure blog post. What I wound up with in the end was bland watery soup. It was boring and we didn't care for it! Cooked acorn squash...

Scooped out guts and put into my food processor to puree it, add chicken broth. 3/4 cup. 

I tried using all purpose gluten free flour to thicken it up but it did not work. It actually never really dissolved and I sort of had lumpy soup. 

The recipe called for some nutmeg, salt, half and half. But it was liquidy and so bland. 

Project Fail! Well will try again and will maybe find a better recipe.

xoxoxo,
Lauren