If there was ever a soup in Nova Scotia that will warm you right through on a cold day its hearty seafood chowder! I absolutely love a great bowl of seafood chowder, but admittedly I am a bit of a “food snob” especially when it comes to chowder. I blame it on my need for top quality and uber fresh ingredients, which is critical when it comes to seafood. I also feel really great chowder needs to be prepared with love and care; you can’t simply throw together a pot of seafood chowder!

Guess what today’s blog is about, give up? Soup, I know that I have put a couple of soup blogs lately but soup is so good this time of year and there is no shortage of soup recipes. I had some leftover things in the fridge and pantry so I thought of making a new soup recipe. I had some leeks, mushrooms that were nearing the end of their usefulness and I have been using quinoa for another project so the combination seemed like a good idea.

Holy smokes it’s cold! I don’t know about the rest of Canada, but out the cold Arctic winds have found their way out East. I say cold, but I really mean bone chilling cold, so cold that I can’t take the kids ice skating on the pond or tobogganing. Bruce, our Newfoundland dog on the other hand doesn’t seem to mind our very chilly early morning walks.