in a stew
idiom
informal
: excited, worried, or confused
He got himself in a stew over nothing.
She's been in a stew for days.
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The cookies won’t taste like a latte, but sort of like a bay leaf in a stew, the instant espresso powder rounds out the cookie with a subtle bitter background flavor that balances the sweetness of the dough.
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Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 12 Oct. 2024
Add to salads with quinoa, vegetables, spinach, and avocado for a complete meal balanced with healthy fat and protein.
Cook in a stew with prawns, bell pepper, garlic, and tomato for a savory, hearty dinner.
—Ana Morales, Vogue, 30 Aug. 2024
While most of it is cultural ephemera floating in a stew of inconsequential nonsense, footage from one Nickelodeon TV show has popped up on my algorithm and made a prominent reemergence in my life: Roundhouse.
—Eliot Glazer, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2024
Cuts of pork, beef and chicken meld in a stew with plantains, rounds of corn on the cob, winter squash and yautia, a root vegetable sometimes called malanga.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024
Here are two different paths: First is the classic pinto beans simmered in a stew of ketchup, brown sugar, honey and Worcestershire and enlivened with hot sauce, chile flakes and cumin.
—Ben Mims, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2023
Here are two different paths: First is the classic pinto beans simmered in a stew of ketchup, brown sugar, honey and Worcestershire and enlivened with hot sauce, chile flakes and cumin.
—Ben Mims, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2023
Along with crawfish, turkey necks braised in a stew is a Creole dish that has earned a rightful place in the Viet-Cajun canon.
—Dan Q. Dao, Chron, 9 Feb. 2023
Or try cooking them, says Derocha, perhaps in a stew.
—Stephanie Dolgoff, Good Housekeeping, 27 Sep. 2021
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Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 12 Oct. 2024
Add to salads with quinoa, vegetables, spinach, and avocado for a complete meal balanced with healthy fat and protein.
Cook in a stew with prawns, bell pepper, garlic, and tomato for a savory, hearty dinner.
—Ana Morales, Vogue, 30 Aug. 2024
While most of it is cultural ephemera floating in a stew of inconsequential nonsense, footage from one Nickelodeon TV show has popped up on my algorithm and made a prominent reemergence in my life: Roundhouse.
—Eliot Glazer, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2024
Cuts of pork, beef and chicken meld in a stew with plantains, rounds of corn on the cob, winter squash and yautia, a root vegetable sometimes called malanga.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024
Here are two different paths: First is the classic pinto beans simmered in a stew of ketchup, brown sugar, honey and Worcestershire and enlivened with hot sauce, chile flakes and cumin.
—Ben Mims, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2023
Here are two different paths: First is the classic pinto beans simmered in a stew of ketchup, brown sugar, honey and Worcestershire and enlivened with hot sauce, chile flakes and cumin.
—Ben Mims, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2023
Along with crawfish, turkey necks braised in a stew is a Creole dish that has earned a rightful place in the Viet-Cajun canon.
—Dan Q. Dao, Chron, 9 Feb. 2023
Or try cooking them, says Derocha, perhaps in a stew.
—Stephanie Dolgoff, Good Housekeeping, 27 Sep. 2021
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