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.
My stash. Still no backsplash in the new kitchen...sigh
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.
This was my first time making this soup and I will definitely be buying it in the future. Very flavourful, and the addition of those mushrooms? *Chef's kiss*
Once they finished this soup, a request came in for Mulligatawny - a family favourite.
Delightfully chunky soup (I don't blend) with a little kick of spice.
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
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