This is brilliant, @deeanndmathews - in multiple ways! Lovely writing and such vibrant details! Great job with the prompt. The absolutely amazing glory and color of the vegetables going into the stew is quite tantalizing!
One little correction for you. "Rue" should be "roux." It's a French word - ha ha. And "rue" is generally used as a verb meaning lament.
Thank you ... I will go back and fix that!