By the time most of you will be accessing this blog post on Feb 1st, I will be on a plane to Barbados after being kicked out by spending some quality time with Joanne in Ontario, first. I have been looking forward to this trip since my last one, in February 2020 – just before all hell broke loose and Canada went into lockdown.
One of my goals for this trip (besides relaxation and exploration) is to leave healthy, vacation healthy, and come home healthy. So far I have been “Novid” for Covid, and I’d really like to keep it that way. Thanks, Donna for teaching me this term! To that end, I’ve been super vigilant with hand sanitization and masking leading up to now and I have packed a lot of N95 masks and sanitizer in my carry-on to assist with this goal.
Imagine my dread then, when about 2 weeks ago now my daughter informed me she woke up with the worst sore throat and a fuzzy head. And my son-in-law wasn’t feeling good. Eeeek!!!! Luckily we had not spent much time in close contact in the couple of days prior to them falling ill, and now we agreed that they would isolate from me (and everyone else). Multiple negative covid tests later, it turned out to be either a bad cold or flu but regardless, not something I wanted to experience.
Still, I wanted to help them during their illness so I continued to walk Bowser every day and I did make them sustenance (dropped off just inside the door, with me in a mask). It was Ed’s Soup Shack to the rescue! Ed’s Soup Shack is a Vancouver Island business that makes gourmet soup mixes. I am a big fan, as you might infer from the photo, below.
I made 2 batches of soup, to keep them nourished as they dealt with this virus. Firstly, it was Chicken n’ Wild Rice to the rescue.
Once they finished this soup, a request came in for Mulligatawny – a family favourite.
Of course, I didn’t send ALL of the soup next door. I did reserve a couple of bowls of each for myself, purely for research and quality control purposes 😉. Ahem! Anyways, both kids are back on their feet and I am (knocking on my head wood) still virus-free.
So what’s on your plate this month? Do you have a go-to packaged mix (or two or more) that you turn to in times of desperation need? Do tell, in the Comments! And please join Donna and myself in blogging about What’s On Your Plate.
Here’s the invite to the Link Party. Hope it works because I won’t be able to fix it from however many thousands of feet in the air I’ll be…who am I kidding, I wouldn’t be able to fix it regardless 🤣
Rock on,
The WB
Those soups look great Deb, and keep knocking on that wood :). Enjoy your travels and relax…
Thank you, Debbie 💕 Landed in Barbados yesterday and still healthy (knocking on my head 🤣).
Safe journey, and have a wonderful time!
Thank you very much, Deborah 💕. Listening to and looking at the the surf while typing out blog responses!
That sound lovely!! 💗
I don’t use packages for anything. I love shopping daily and cooking what’s in season. That said, those soups looked very tasty and I’m sure your family were very grateful. Have a wonderful holiday.
I usually don’t cook from packages either. But I make the exception for Ed’s Soup Shack mixes. Thanks, Sheree 💕
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You’re going to Barbados and we get a post about soup? 🤣
Have a wonderful time… and take plenty of pictures for your blog.
Hey! I pre wrote all the posts you’ll be seeing until I come back later in February. You know how it goes 😁. Thanks, Rivergirl 💕
I’m all for that! Good job…
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Glad you are getting some R&R in the sun. To follow up on your simple soup theme, I will post a lovely story and soup recipe.
I look forward to reading it! Thanks, Bernadette 💕
Soup mix? Your heritage is in the land of soup makers! Just kidding. Looks delicious. Looking up if they send to Ontario. Enjoy your vacay sister.
And don’t think I don’t feel guilty about using a packaged soup mix either!!! 🤣 I believe they do ship. Thanks, Sis 💕
Hi Deb, enjoy your time on the beach. Sorry your kids got sick, but glad you are close enough to provide assistance with some hearty soups. Hope you remain Novid for Covid.
Me too!!! Thank you very much, Suzanne 💕
Sounds wonderful. Wish I had that resource. I’m not a fan of canned soup (at least when it’s used as soup) and I haven’t found an easy mix. Glad everyone is ok and stay healthy. Also send some heat. We’re having an arctic cold this weekend. Brrrrrr.
Yes, arctic cold! Left in behind in Ontario and yesterday I got notification that it was going to be snowing on Vancouver Island. My timing seems to be perfect 🤩. Thanks, Kate 💕
The mulligatawny sounds delicious. Have a great trip, Deb.
It IS delish! Thanks, Jane 💕
What? No Facebook, Instagram or blog post photos of you and Joanne together? We’ve all been robbed!
Hope you had a fabulous week. Safe travels to Barbados. Please send photos! 😀
PS – Love Ed’s Soups!
Saving them for the blog! (Also I didn’t tell anyone I was in Ontario and didn’t want to get a lot of “WHAT, why didn’t you let me know/come see me???” Thanks, Donna 💕
There aren’t many mixes in my pantry but I do get the Untamed Feast products. The other go-to mix is chicken noodle soup mix when I’m feeling under the weather, like today. Like your kids, so far Novid for Covid but it’s something with respiratory s/s & a scratchy throat. You’ll soon be in your beach duds while I’m in my pj’s. It goes without saying but have a great holiday.
I’m getting into my bathing suit as soon as I finish up with commenting! Hope you feel better soonest! Thank you very much 💕
I like the term “Novid” for Covid, too. It’s a worthy goal. The chicken soup looks delicious. Hoping your travels are going smoothly. Take care, enjoy
Thank you very much, Ally 💕
Those soups would fix anything! The mulligatawny especially!
Agreed! Thank you, Jo 💕
Hi Deb, the soups look tasty although at the moment we are in a heat wave so soup is not on my mind. My husband had COVID at Christmas but I managed to avoid it. Have a fabulous holiday and it will certainly be warmer than where you live. Enjoy and thanks for hosting #WOYP. x
That is quite an accomplishment – avoiding Covid in the house! Thank you very much, Sue 💕
The soup looks yummy, never heard of the soup with the apple…glad it wasn’t covid!
Me too! My son-in-law and grandson had Covid in the summer, but my daughter and granddaughter managed to avoid it (and me too, of course)….I don’t know how or why. Thank you, Dawn 💕
You are the absolute master of the strike through, and this one had me laughing! Can’t say I am much of a package person but I love making soup! Today, post vacation, I cleaned out the fridge and made a sort of carrot soup with a couple of extra dead veggies.
Dead veggie soup….I like that better than what I call it: Clean Out the Fridge Soup. Thank you very much, Bernie 💕
I’m a big fan of soup and Ed’s packages with the recipes look intriguing. So far, we’ve been Novid and we hope to keep it that way!
I’m glad you had a great time with Joanne (how could you not?) and are now sunning yourself in paradise.
Yes, we did have a great time and have planned our next adventure while in Ontario…which you might guess from what Jude was discussing in our last Zoom call 😉. Stay Novid!!! Thanks, Janis 💕
The soup I can not pronounce 😂 has apples in it??? Wow … bet it tastes great!
Glad you are still healthy and after tonight’s rest from flying ✈️, you can begin to enjoy that gorgeous beach and area … and maybe 🤞🏻 see another early rising of baby turtles from the sand nests on their way to the sea!
Enjoy Barbados!!! 🇧🇧
Love you sister 💕
Throwing an apple into anything curried only makes it better! No sea turtle hatchlings seen this morning but could still happen. Thank you, Sis 💕 Love you too!
I like ED’s soup shack and also Michaels Soup Mix. Michaels have a web site with a shopping list and directions for instant pot.
I don’t know if I have ever seen Michael’s soup mix…unless you mean Mitchell’s? Cool that there are directions for the instant pot!! Thanks, Ann 💕
Yes mitchells
Hi Deb, Ed’s soup shack is new to me and I will hunt down. Yeah, excited to try it! Thank you for the photos and the inspiration. Loving your photos from your vacation!💕
Thank you, Erica 💕 I hope you love Ed’s Soup Shack.
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It is the weather for soup. In Toronto it was feeling like -32 C on Friday – you picked a good time to go to Barbados! Have fun 😉
Yes, it seems our timing was excellent for this trip! Thanks, Sandy 💕
Himself & I are also still Novid for Covid (I am also adopting that one) although we did succumb to that ghastly flu thing which your daughter & SIL (and everyone else) probably had. It was no fun at all, although certainly not as ghastly as Covid. Fortunately, we are fully vaccinated (for both flu & Covid) so were OK, if feeling the fatigue.
Funnily enough, Mulligatawny is also a family favourite here from our days in India. Those Soup Shack packs looks the absolute biz! I have just enjoyed a pork belly, beans, chorizo & tomato slow-cooker stew – yummy!
That soup sounds delicious, Debs! So far I have escaped the ghastly flu thing (also vaccinated for that). Enjoying Barbados and staying healthy so far! Thanks 💕
What an exciting range of soups! and so handy particularly in this situation.
As I am thinking these days, there are worse things than Covid to catch at this point. So many around us have caught some dreadful strain of flu which takes them almost 2 weeks before they are completely better.
Is that the Norovirus you are talking about? That’s all the news ‘round here. Thanks, Ju-Lyn 💕