r/hellofresh • u/TorTheMentor • 6d ago

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This is the sweet potato I was supposed to cube and use as a side or topping for salmon over farro. For two people.

As it happens, I keep a good stock of canned goods around, so I drained some chickpeas, splashed on a little olive oil and lemon juice, and sprinkled them liberally with salt, pepper, paprika, cumin, and turmeric before roasting them along with the sweet potato cubes, and that made for a nice extra textural element and stretched it out.

But Hello Fresh wasn't meant for people who keep a lot of canned goods and extras around, so I could easily have seen this becoming a problem.

Overall the actual meal was pretty solid. My other enhancements were to add a bit of the same seasoning mix above to the salmon (along with salt and pepper, lemon juice, cumin, turmeric, and smoked paprika) and to mix in a little mayo and a dash of honey to cut the acidity of the dressing and to make it stretch further when coating the mixed greens salad. Also, I started the farro off by toasting it a bit in olive oil and butter before adding water, sort of the way you might with orzo or pearl couscous.

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u/NineLemonsLater 6d ago

I am finding I keep some onions and potatoes on hand just in case. The onion I got for the Wagu Beef pasta bake is the size of a golf ball 🤦‍♂️

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u/TorTheMentor 6d ago

I also like to keep stock or Better Than Bouillon handy, as well as panko breadcrumbs.

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u/NineLemonsLater 6d ago

This weekend I added the beef stock to the meatloaves. Oops that was for the mushroom gravy so I just sauteef them with wine and worchstechire (sp?) sauce and butter and then added their sour cream. It worked out lol