It?s spring, it?s spring!! I was outside the other day when it hit me that I can now officially say that winter is behind us (according to the calendar, anyway…I think it?ll be a while before it actually feels like it here). The winter of ?18??19 was a challenging one for me, and I feel so ready for a fresh start (I think I?ve said this about ten times so far in 2018!)  
I?m popping in a day early with Ask Angela because I just couldn?t wait to share this week?s fun questions. I hope you enjoy this batch as much as I did, and please keep those questions rollin? in…they give me something to ponder when I?m up in the middle of the night, lol.

Q1. Hi there, your Cozy Butternut, Sweet Potato, and Red Lentil Stew sounds absolutely delicious. I am trying to adapt a week?s worth of meals for a lady who is allergic to vegetables in the nightshade family. (So no tomatoes.) Have you ever tried making this without the tomatoes"  Hey Georgie, Your question came at just the right time…I was planning on making a batch of this stew for dinner that very night! (We?ve been on a huge Cozy Stew kick this week!) So, after receiving your question, I decided to give it a spin, and held off adding the canned tomatoes and tomato paste until the very end. I tasted the stew without the tomatoes and it?s still quite good! I do think you can get away without using tomato products, however since there?s no acidity from the tomatoes it?s especially important to add the...