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: Crispy Parmesan Green Beands

I first saw this pin on Pinterest, they looked soo good! It is from the website Dashing Dish.

So I thought I would give it a whirl! I basically followed the basic ingredients. I left out the pepper some until the very end. And I used an entire bag of fresh green beans, I am not a fan of using frozen veggies. So 1/2 cup parmesan cheese. I used the powdered version. 1 tsp garlic powder and 1/2 tsp salt. Mix it all together.

First add aluminum foil to a cookie sheet and lightly grease with spray oil.

Add cleaned green beans. of course cut off the ends. 

Add cheese mix! 

Bake! 425 degrees for 15 minutes. The house smelled amazing!!!! Mine never came out crispy like the picture. 

I tried it with fresh Parmesan cheese that was not powder. OMG they were awesome! The cheese melted. Favorite combo is garlic and Parmesan now. I had to make so many of them b/c my boyfriend now inhales them.

These were delicious even though they were not crispy they were delicious!! :) Will make again!

xoxoxoxo,
Lauren