Good evening! 
I’m glad that tomorrow is Friday! I think I say that every week. Have any fun plans for the weekend?
I found the recipe for tonight’s dinner in an issue of Self Magazine. This recipe has a funny and slightly embarrassing story to go along with it. The name of the recipe is Vegetable Ragout. Well, I told my coworker I was making vegetable rag-out…instead of pronouncing it as ragu. We were joking around that I sound like a country gal talking about my Vegetable Rag Out. Ha!
Regardless of how you say it, this recipe was a winner. Yee haw! 
Vegetable Ragout (adapted from Self Magazine)
Ingredients
- ½ cup low sodium vegetable broth
- ½ cup water
- 2 cups
arugulaspinach - 1 cup chickpeas (rinsed and drained)
- ½ cup frozen peas
- 1 crushed garlic
Directions:
Simmer vegetable broth and water in saucepan.
Add arugula spinach, tomato, chickpeas, peas, and crushed garlic.
Simmer 30 minutes.
Top with cheese! Enjoy!
This dish turned out delicious. The crushed garlic added so much flavor to the dish.
A simple trick for keeping leftover broth…pour in an ice cube tray and freeze to store.
Other Swanky Scoop:
The lovely folks over at Teach Street gave me a voucher to try out Yoga Vibes, online yoga classes. Since the videos are streamed live, you get the feel of a yoga class…but at home. How neat is that!
I redeemed my coupon and am going to do a class tonight. I’ll be sure to let you know how it goes tomorrow.
Have a great night!
What magazines do you love getting recipe ideas from?
Self and Real Simple are two of my favorites for recipe ideas.
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I love taking recipes from the Food Network Magazine and making them healthier!
Cracking up over rag-out. Love it. Also, I waste a ton of broth that tip is genius. Silly question but you heat in pan to defrost?
Yep! Simple as that. Or if you want, you can defrost them in the microwave in a microwave safe dish.
oh that looks SO good! great recipe!
That ragout looks delicious!
My little cousin is getting married tonight. I can’t believe he’s that big!
omg, that looks really great! ragout is such a funny word too, i think so anyway.
i love southern living for ideas, cooking light, oxygen, fitness…
hooray for online yoga classes! id be interested in knowing how they go! i cant seem to find a good studio here
Yummy. Definitely happy for Friday too. One odd trick was for folding up pillow cases (all but one) and sheets then stuffing them into one of the pillow cases from the set. So they all stay together.
Lovely rag out!
And I love the ice cube tray tip! I used to freeze a lot of things in ice cube trays but haven’t so much lately. It’s time to bring out the ice cube trays again!
Have a great weekend!
That looks lovely! Not to mention simple! My two favorite kinds of recipes
That ragout looks so simple and delicious. I need to pack my lunch and this may be a great addition to my rotation!
I love Cooking Light and Vegetarian Times for recipes. I also sometimes find a few in runners world.
That’s funny! I’ve never made a Ragout before. This is a recipe my daughter will love. She adores chickpeas.
Kristi
lol at your Ragout story! I once said faux pas as fox pass when I was younger!
I looove to eat Ragou over polenta- try it!!
I don’t usually get recipes from magazines…well I do get some drink recipes from Cosmo once in a while haha
How many tomatoes do you use? The recipe leaves them out.
Oops! Sorry I must have forgotten to add that. I would say I used 2 tomatoes. I am sure you can use more or less depending on what you like. The recipe I used didn’t give specifics so I just improvised. Enjoy!
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