A couple of my New Year’s resolutions, among others, are to make more time for myself to do the things I enjoy: exercise, cook, blog, oh and I also want to try to save money too. Full of New Year’s spirit, I chose my recipes on Sunday, RO went grocery shopping Monday, and we cooked 3 healthy meals, leaving us with leftovers to eat for lunch. Without realizing it, I chose 2 recipes with Moroccan flavors. Doesn’t surprise me since I love the curry, garam masala, and turmeric flavors. Here’s a quick rundown of this week’s 3 recipes.

Cooking Light’s Moroccan Chickpea Stew
I made this recipe for the first time in November. Steph, RO and I really liked it. I served it over brown rice and the broth/sauce soaked into the potatoes and rice the way I like. Yum. I made it without the yogurt.

Here’s what it looked like the night I made it.


Here it is again for leftovers over sauteed baby spinach with some Sriracha on top. We’re huge fans of Sriracha - even if you haven’t heard of it you may have tried it at a Vietnamese or other restaurant. It’s the hot sauce with the rooster on it. This recipe is even better the next day because the flavors have had time to blend.

Moroccan Eggplant with Garbanzo Beans
No picture because I already posted that recipe here.

Blackened Portobello-Mushroom Salad
I picked this recipe out but I’ve honestly never cooked it. RO’s cooked it at least 3 times and I love it. It has the awesome mixture of hot/cold, soft/crunchy.

Also a big THANK YOU to Mom & Chris for the Christmas gift that keeps on giving: monthly fruit deliveries! We received our first one today - honey oranges - yum!