credit crunch kitchen: Easter Lamb

Wednesday 7 April 2010

Easter Lamb

I wanted to do something a little bit different for the special guests I was expecting for Easter lunch, and Sainsbury's had a half price offer on lamb joints, so I went ahead and got a nice leg and then searched out a recipe that gave me the basis for what I already knew I wanted to do.
I found this and tweaked it to give the flavours I was aiming for, so I used cumin instead of saffron, and a little cinnamon too. I served it up with a pilaff with raisins, pine nuts and cinnamon, and a salad with grated carrot and kohlrabi, and liberally bejeweled with fresh sour pomegranate seeds. The meat was so tender i shredded it with 2 spoons, and there was plenty to go round, and leftovers too.

My lovely "sister" brought some scrumptious profiteroles (white choc to accommodate Big'Un's choc issues) which we enjoyed for pudding. It was a feast.

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I've challenged myself to stick to a weekly budget, and throw out less, and use up more.

I try to feed our whole family good nutritious food mostly cooked from scratch with as little cost as possible. We're not freaks, we do eat junk, we don't eat enough fruit or veg, and some of us are really fussy, tho not really the kids! I want to share my weekly menu plans because I know there are people looking for this info! Share back and it's even nicer! The challenge is to keep the supermarket shop down below £50 a week, feeding 3 kids and 2-3 adults, without too much deprivation, but staying healthy and yummy!

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