The Moroccan Diet- 3/19/09
As I said, tonight I made only one recipe from this month's Gourmet, the Oasis Carrot Salad, a Moroccan flavored salad. Using a calorie counting website, Fitday.com if you're curious, I added up the total calories in tonight's recipe and divided by the number of recommended servings. The carrot salad was a mere 116 calories per serving. I used the same site to factor the nutritional information for the Moroccan Beef Stew I made to go with it that was on Epicurious.com. This hearty main dish was just over 500 calories per serving, still quite conservative for a main dish. I did serve the stew over couscous, at 150 calories per serving. That's just over 700 calories for a full meal. I see a real future for the Moroccan diet.
As for flavor, the Oasis Carrot Salad is best classified as interesting. I found the vinegar a little strong. The small description before the recipe said that this would be good with any meal. I might disagree. I felt the Moroccan stew matched it well but some other milder dishes would be overpowered by the strong vinegar of the dish.
Oasis Carrot Salad- C
Total cost- $2.00
Calories per serving- 116
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