Recently, I was enjoying the option of being able to skip a trip to the grocery store by ordering my groceries online. Seriously, what a treat! As I was ordering I saw that my local Jewel carries Plated meals, and thought I'd give it a try. If you are like me, you like to try new recipes and are happy for the convenience of getting a box containing everything you need along with detailed instructions. Yesterday I made the Gnocchi Pomodoro. I had one slight hiccup with my meal prep. The yellow squash in the meal kit was not fresh. Lucky for me, I had garden fresh zucchini ready to use. If I hadn't, I would have contacted Plated to see if I could get a replacement meal because the yellow squash shouldn't have had brown slimy spots.
Here is my good looking zucchini
The instructions were easy to follow and the meal came together quickly. The kit included a small amount of sugar to add to sauce, I chose not to use it as the sauce had a nice rich flavor.
I love a skillet filled with a colorful meal and this meal definitely fit that criteria.
Behold! The finished product. The meal claims to be for two people but I got three decent sized servings. If you threw in one more squash or zucchini or some mushrooms, you could feel a family of four from this kit.
Will I buy more from Plated? Yes, but in the future I'll be sure to buy it when I am at the store and can see the meal and judge the freshness of the produce. (FWIW this isn't an ad, I paid for the meal and just felt like writing about it.)
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How's the book going?
Thanks for asking! I spent a few days thinking I should start back at the beginning of my book and read through what I have written and work on finding continuity errors. I sort of started on this work, but now I'm back in the frame of mind that I should just keep on writing until I get to the end and then begin to work through what I have written to do major editing and revising.
I did spend some time make a detailed floor plan of my main character's condo- not really necessary- what I should be doing is make a map of the town where my book takes place so I have that to refer to when I am placing people and places.
Have a great day!
xoxo