It’s no secret that I love autumn, I love everything about it: the cooler temperatures, the beautiful colours, the changing leaves, the abundance of root vegetables…I didn’t mean to make something that almost epitomises autumn in a bowl, but that’s how it ended up! Maybe it’s just in my soul?!
In the beginning it was going to be a soup, but I can’t always bring myself to blend up the vegetables, they look too good whole, so this morphed into something else, not really a stew because it’s not very liquid, maybe a warm salad, or just as the title of the post says: ‘Moroccan spiced carrots, chickpeas and spelt’. I just kept adding things until I thought it was perfect!
I didn’t measure anything but I do remember how I made it so hopefully I can still share the process and it might be interesting…
In a large saucepan I heated some coconut oil, and added some chopped red onions over a medium heat; after several minutes and once the onions looked liked they were starting to brown, I added chopped garlic, cooked for a minute, then added liberal amounts of a Moroccan spice mix that I made previously.
Again I cooked this for no more than a minute then added water to stop the spices from burning. I then added a great pile of peeled and chopped carrots, topped up the water until it covered them, added salt and pepper, then brought it to the boil. As the carrots cooked, I added some spelt, then later some chickpeas and chunks of butternut squash that I’d already roasted, chopped coriander (leaves and stalks) and finally some dried barberries for the colour and little surprise shots of their tart sweetness.
And pretty much left it to bubble away until the carrots were cooked, but not mushy, and the spelt was cooked, adding water when necessary.
Eating some with some tahini, as I did when it was just made above, you can still see the lovely colours of the individual ingredients.
By the next day, the flavour had developed even more but the colours had all merged together and become one autumnal palette..
It’s the kind of dish that just gets better and better, and one I’ll be making again and again, and no doubt evolving as I do!
Happy Autumn everyone 🙂
Very nice display of the dish
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Thank you 😄
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You are welcome and good morning Elaine
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I’d say that is an autumn masterpiece in a bowl and I’d love a heaping serving right now! You would love Morocco Elaine!
Johanne Lamarche
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Thank you x x x I think I would too!
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I would love autumn more if it came before summer, but unfortunately , it’s not the case…
so nothing better than a recipe like yours to brighten up the day with fall colors, so gorgeous!
gotta dance to the music!
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Thank you my love x x x
Keep dancing!
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Looks and sounds so good Elaine, Hugs to you and Bob! x
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Thank you, and to you x x
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Very autumnal ended Elaine – I hope autumn is brining you some sun ☀️
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It is and it’s gorgeous! You know the countryside around here, I’m sure you can picture how lovely it is xx
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So beautiful Elaine!
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Thank you x x
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xoxo
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You ‘had’ me at ‘Morocco’, ‘spices’ and ‘spelt’ . . . fun combo which will be made in spite of having reached 35+ C in our spring already! Actually most of us here love both autumn and winter – easy when the lowest temperatures most of us encounter are -1 or -2 C very early in the morning !!! Except in our Alps snow is a rarity present in a few areas only which children adore and which stays on the ground perchance an hour or two 🙂 !
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I’m glad you like it 😊 enjoy spring!
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WOW! it looks so delicious!
But why aren’t you using some tool to make recipe cards for your recipes?
It would make your recipes look more professional.
Here is a good one that you might like: http://www.recipesgenerator.com
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Thank you 😀
And thank you for your suggestion, but mine is merely a personal blog 😊
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The flavours in this dish must be incredible, the ingredients are 😀
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They are! Thank you 😄
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Your dish definitely looks like Fall. It is one of my favorite seasons (the only one I don’t like is winter 🙂 ) Very healthy with lots of great flavor. Are you coming to FF? Thanks for sharing…
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Thank you 😀 my least favourite season is summer!
I keep forgetting to link up to FF, it’s a bit late now isn’t it? I’ll remember for this week’s x
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That’s up to you as you have until late afternoon tomorrow to link up 🙂 Enjoy your day!
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😊
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I love every single thing in this recipe! It’s perfect for fall too.
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Thank you 😀😀😀😀
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Oh my gosh, I could eat this all season long. We’ve been making big batches of veggie stew lately. Daniel has a really great recipe that I crave. HE was good enough to make some this weekend. I’ve got to try this one! 🙂 xo
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Thank you, I’m glad you like it xx
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Sorry about the caps on “he”…not intentional, haha!
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😀😀
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It looks so good Elaine…great recipe as always..soups don’t require measurements..So no problem with that😂😊
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Thank you 😀😀😀
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This looks so good…and reminds me of a meal we had when in Morocco for our honeymoon. The food was simply amazing there! So much so that I had my new husband carry a large tagine across the rest of our trip. Love! 😉
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Brilliant!!! That’s love for you 😊
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Looks and sounds delicious Elaine 🙂
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Thank you 😄
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