Right, I thought to myself when looking at this recipe. This can’t possibly go wrong. I love soup. I make soup all the time. Granted, normally it has less spice in it, and we’ll use the unhealthiest bread possible rather than wholemeal pittas. But it’s soup. What could possibly go wrong?
That all went down the drain almost immediately, when it turned out the packaging around the pittas had split at some point and they were already mouldy. That meant a hasty reschedule of the dinner timetable and a trip to the supermarket to replace them. I was still wishing for a nice hunk of cheesy bread instead, but I’d seen the calorie count on the back of the recipe, so I thought I had better comply.
I have to say I wasn’t fully with it when we eventually did make the soup. I managed to forget to wash the lentils until the moment they were supposed to be in the pan, and I spilled sauce everywhere while I was checking the soup. But, it turned out alright. It was not really spicy at all, to my delight and J’s disappointment, and the pittas were predictably far too small and weedy to satisfy. Still, it was the best of the batch – and it did actually thicken up after being on the heat for a while, which was a relief after last week’s watery debacle.
This is now definitely our last Hello Fresh post, as I’ve cancelled the subscription and won’t be going back. Mind you, they’ve called me twice since then to see if I’m enjoying my box, so I wouldn’t be surprised if I end up getting a new one through some computer glitch. Fingers crossed I don’t – I wouldn’t look forward to another high-calorie dose like the recipes we have tried so far, especially when I’m not able to control when I eat them or how far I can spread the meals out.
So, here’s our final Hello Fresh vine:
This sounds absolutely amazing and the perfect evening pick me up on these cold nights. x
I love the sound of the soup but I have tried Hello Fresh before and it was not up to my taste either.Still you made it look appetizing.
This sounds lovely and it definitely sounds like something I would like. I love a good soup but not with too much heat x
It’s a shame this wasn’t spicy for those who like it spicy as it looks bloomin gorgeous.
Oh this looks so yummy! I love Moroccan food and chickpeas are one of my favourite things. I’ll have to try this out.
I haven’t tried Hello Fresh before and it is something that I am in two minds about trying as I like to pick what I have but I do want to try new recipes xxx
I love moroccan spices with chickpeas, so this sounds perfect to me.
That looks yummy! I would have to change it up so it’s spicier for me and maybe add some other ingredients.
I have used Hello Fresh and a different company as well, I love these boxes as it always gives you something different to what you would normally cook. This soup sounds lovely x
Which service did you prefer? I’m opening to trying others, just didn’t get one with this one!