Bear creek chicken noodle soup add ins

Bear Creek delivers delicious, satisfying soups just like mom used to make using only the highest quality ingredients and our own special blend of spices. By making them so simple to prepare, yet so hearty and satisfying, we’ve created the perfect meal occasion for the whole family. Enjoy them as is, or make them your own by adding your favorite fresh vegetables or grilled meats.

Our savory pasta dishes use only authentic quality pastas, tasty vegetables and our own unique spice blends. Just add water and within minutes you’ve got the heartiest, creamiest pasta dishes. With six delicious varieties to choose from, they are sure to satisfy every appetite in your family.

With each tasty bite of our hearty rice dishes, you’ll discover that they’re made with the same care and quality ingredients that go into our soups and pastas. Easy to make, they are the perfect complement to any family meal.

Frugal, fast, delicious, and low in Weight Watcher points. Those are my favorite kinds of dinners right now. As a working mother of three kids there are nights when I just need something I can pop in the oven, on the stove, or in the microwave and call it good. Sometimes that means putting food in a slow cooker and sometimes it means trying out prepackaged foods that have half of the work done already. You may have already noticed that I have been trying to share simple recipes lately. While I do enjoy trying out new recipes, and I don’t mind spending a half hour to an hour on dinner every once in a while, sometimes I just want to pull out five or less ingredients and spend minimal time cooking and cleaning up.

Bear creek chicken noodle soup add ins

This week I decided to try out some different Bear Creek soups. There were a couple that we loved that I want to share with you. If you are not sure if your store carries Bear Creek soup you can go to the Bear Creek website here and enter in your zip code and it will give you ideas of where you can get their soups. If you can’t find them in a store near you you can always order them online. We are able to get it at our local grocery store here, but I noticed that they also carry them at Walmart and Walgreens too so you may be able to find them there if it’s not at your local grocery store.

Lots of yummy food
for not much money
and very little time…
now that’s what I am talking about!

I love that with Bear Creek soups you can have 8 (1 cup) servings in just 10-15 minutes for just $4-5. That’s like 50 cents per serving! If you figure that one package can feed our family of five dinner and then me and my husband are able to eat the leftovers for lunch the next day, that is a REALLY good deal! Talk about frugal!

Today I want to share the chicken noodle soup with you. I love the thick, hearty noodles of this soup. A one cup serving of this soup is just 4 Weight Watcher smart points.

Bear Creek Chicken Noodle Soup

Bear creek chicken noodle soup add ins

To keep things simple I just made the soup the way that the package suggested (add 8 cups boiling water and cook for 10 minutes) and I added some chopped boneless, skinless chicken for extra protein.

Bear creek chicken noodle soup add ins

***If you wanted to bulk up this soup and add a little extra nutritional value you could add some extra chopped up vegetables, like carrots, celery, or onion and it would not change the number of Weight Watcher smart points per serving.***

Here is what we did. . .

Cook the chicken in 8 cups water at medium heat. (our chicken was already cooked, but I did this step anyway)

Microsoft and Sony are both battling behind the scenes over the Activision Blizzard deal, and Microsoft is no longer pulling its punches with regulators

By Tom Warren / @tomwarren

Oct 12, 2022, 6:23 PM UTC|

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Microsoft isn’t happy with Sony and the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority. The UK regulator signaled an in-depth review of Microsoft’s $68.7 billion deal to acquire Activision Blizzard last month, and the CMA has now published its full 76-page report (PDF) on its findings. The CMA says it has concerns that Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal could lessen competition in game consoles, subscriptions, and cloud gaming, but Microsoft thinks the regulator has simply been listening to Sony’s lawyers too much.

Microsoft pleaded for its deal on the day of the Phase 2 decision last month, but now the gloves are well and truly off. Microsoft describes the CMA’s concerns as “misplaced” and says that the regulator “adopts Sony’s complaints without considering the potential harm to consumers” and “incorrectly relies on self-serving statements by Sony which significantly exaggerate the importance of Call of Duty.” Microsoft even accuses the CMA of adopting “Sony’s complaints without the appropriate level of critical review,” suggesting that the regulator is simply just listening too much to what Sony has to say.

At the heart of all the back and forth is access to Call of Duty and concerns around the future of game subscriptions. “The CMA recognizes that ABK’s newest games are not currently available on any subscription service on the day of release but considers that this may change as subscription services continue to grow,” says the UK regulator. “After the Merger, Microsoft would gain control of this important input and could use it to harm the competitiveness of its rivals.”

Microsoft’s full response to the CMA, seen by The Verge, also includes parts where the company tries to, comically, make it look like it somehow sucks at gaming and it can’t compete. Microsoft says Xbox “is in last place in console” and “seventh place in PC” and “nowhere in mobile game distribution globally,” and Microsoft argues it has no reason to harm or degrade rival cloud gaming services as it wants to “encourage the major shift in consumer behavior required for cloud gaming to succeed.”

Microsoft might well be in last place in console sales during the previous generation, but it’s certainly investing billions of dollars to ensure any future Xbox sales aren’t less than half of the PlayStation and that its Xbox Game Pass bet pays off.

Sony and Microsoft have also been battling it out over Call of Duty, and the CMA recognizes this by revealing it’s concerned about Sony’s future revenues related to Call of Duty. “PlayStation currently has a larger share of the console gaming market than Xbox, but the CMA considers that Call of Duty is sufficiently important that losing access to it (or losing access on competitive terms) could significantly impact Sony’s revenues and user base.”

Bear creek chicken noodle soup add ins

Call of Duty is at the center of Sony and Microsoft’s battles.Image: Activision

Sony has shown how significant Call of Duty is after it labeled Microsoft’s offer to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation “inadequate on many levels.” The Verge revealed last month that Microsoft Gaming CEO and Xbox chief Phil Spencer made a written commitment to PlayStation head Jim Ryan earlier this year to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation for “several more years” beyond the existing marketing deal Sony has with Activision. “After almost 20 years of Call of Duty on PlayStation, their proposal was inadequate on many levels and failed to take account of the impact on our gamers,” said PlayStation head Jim Ryan in response.

Now Microsoft says keeping Call of Duty on PlayStation is a “commercial imperative for the Xbox business and the economics of the transaction.” Microsoft says it would put revenue at risk if it pulled Call of Duty from PlayStation and that “Microsoft has been clear that it is counting on revenues from the distribution of Activision Blizzard games on Sony PlayStation.”

Microsoft also accuses Sony of not welcoming competition from Xbox Game Pass and that Sony has decided to block Game Pass on PlayStation. “This increased competition has not been welcomed by the market leader Sony, which has elected to protect its revenues from sales of newly released games, rather than offer gamers the choice of accessing them via its subscription, PlayStation Plus.” This comes just months after Microsoft claimed, in legal filings, that Sony pays for “blocking rights” to keep games off Xbox Game Pass.

If the UK battles are anything to go by, this acquisition could get messy as Microsoft and Sony battle it out behind the scenes to sway regulators. Microsoft even has a dedicated website to highlight its arguments as it seeks to convince regulators that its giant deal isn’t a bad one for gamers. We’re still months away from final regulator decisions, but get ready for this battle to continue to spill out onto the internet’s streets.

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What can I add to my chicken soup to make it tastier?

Seasoning the Soup: If you feel the soup is missing some zing, add a bit more salt. You can also add a pop of flavor with a squeeze of fresh lemon juice, a dash of fish sauce (we use this trick for store-bought stocks and broths often) or Worcestershire sauce.

What can I add to store bought chicken soup?

6 Things To Add To Canned Soup To Make It Suck Less.
1) Protein. I'll be the first person to admit that the canned chicken in chicken noodle soup is a little iffy. ... .
2) Cheese. Cheese is an easy fix to add some flavor and creaminess to your soup. ... .
3) Herbs/Spices. ... .
4) Cream/Milk. ... .
5) Veggies. ... .
6) Croutons..

How do you spice up store bought chicken noodle soup?

Add Some Herbs Start by melting a little butter in a pan and add some fresh herbs like ground pepper, oregano, thyme, and basil. Mix the sauteed herbs into the broth to add flavor to a boring canned soup. You can also toss a sprig of rosemary or fresh sage into the pot while you heat up the soup.

What can I add to soup to give it more flavor?

"If your broth is lacking in savory richness, try adding roasted onion, tomato paste, mushrooms, seaweed, soy sauce, or miso. These ingredients add umami flavor and depth to broth," she says.