Remember that Taste of Ocala meeting I said I had on my agenda for this afternoon? Well, it was rescheduled. And by rescheduled I mean I put it on my Google calendar for the wrong day. Womp, womp.
My meeting is actually tomorrow and I didn’t realize my mistake until I showed up at the restaurant where our lunch meeting was supposed to take place and no one was there. Oops!
Lunch
Since the Taste of Ocala meeting I had on my calendar for lunchtime today was no longer going to take the two hours I allotted, I headed home to eat lunch with Sadie before it was time to go back to work.
Since I had extra time, I decided to make a Blue Apron meal for lunch!
I followed the directions for the Moroccan Vegetable Stew and used the ingredients that were sent to us a little more than a week ago, figuring Ryan could reheat his portion for dinner since I’ll be working into the evening. The zucchini was the only thing that didn’t last, but other than that, everything else was just fine and the end result was delicious!
I attribute the fantastic flavor to the ras el hanout, a spice mix from North Africa. So delicious!
Back to work. Have a great night!
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Question of the Afternoon
- What was the last delicious soup or stew you made from scratch in your house?
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Ohh yum! This looks wonderful! I need to try it! I love soups and stews. Summer, winter, spring, and fall. Love them!
I love stews…so easy to make…a one pot meal : )
I have been obsessed with soups and stews this winter. This one is a must try! The last stew my husband and I made was a chicken, lentil, sweet potato, curry stew. I’m a big fan of curry flavors!
Yum! Those Blue Apron Meals look so good. I’m having Chili for lunch – love having soups and stews in the winter! I also finally made Sangria for the fist time after I keep seeing it looking so tasty on your blog 🙂 – I tweaked it a little and posted the recipe, it was awesome!
Awesome! Sangria is so delicious. 🙂
YUM! I love soup and stews. Especially Chilli.
I can imagine the good smells that must have come from making this!
I have been debating ordering blue Apron for a while.. .that meal looks good! Do you think its worth the price tag? And I was looking and found it strange they only deliver on Thursdays/Fridays when I really would want my meals Monday – Wednesday. Is it the same for you? How do you find that?
I made some ras el hanout but have never used it! Now’s my chance 🙂
What grain did you use?
Couscous
Love stews and soups! Especially right now with all this cold weather 🙂
There’s a great mushroom and barley soup from Sarah at Making Thyme for Health which is my all time favourite soup it is so so good!
That stew looked and sounded fantastic.
Mmm we’re all about tortilla soup!
One of my favorite recipes is Moroccan Spice Roasted Chicken. The spices are so warm and a little kicky, I love it!
braised chicken thighs with toasted almond and raisins! (it was a stew) It was so savory and delicious with both cinnamon and turmeric in it. Oh and sweet potato. Can’t go wrong with sweet potato.
Sounds fabulous!!
I made chili in our slow-cooker last week…it’s a never fail “recipe” that both my husband and I love!
A couple weeks ago I had chicken gnocchi soup with veggies in it. So good.
This looks realy good! I made vegetarian black bean chili. Recipe is going up on my blog tomorrow.
This is random, but is your husband a big basketball fan? Someone named Ryan Fagan just got their tweet published on the halftime report for the Syracuse- BC game.
He is but he’s not on Twitter 🙂
I made a chicken vegetable chili the other day that turned out even better than I had hoped. It was a cross between a chili and a soup because of all of the vegetables.
I love stew. I had never heard of ras el hanout. This looks delicious, Julie!
Looks very delicius. I ll try it for sure.
Many thanks from Greece
that looks so good, Blue Apron sounds awesome!
Looks delicious! Thanks for sharing!
The look of this dish reminds me a little bit of your mock risotto which I had one of my nutrition clients try recently… she has mentioned how much she loved it about five times! I keep seeing Blue Apron boxes in my building lobby being delivered for neighbors.. I am starting to think I may have to try it.
That is so something I would do — so frustrating! But way to carry on and end up making a delicious meal out of it!
You’ve convinced me yet again to try something! I tried Stitchfix because of you and now Blue Apron. I loved my first two fixes and now am waiting for spring/summer clothes to schedule another. Excited to try the recipes from Blue Apron!