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Food: Moroccan Style Lamb Stew

Trader Joe's had boneless leg of lamb on sale so I bought one. I love lamb but I wasn't that wild about my results the last time I roasted a leg of lamb, so I decided to do a braise instead. I cut the leg into a few large portions, covered the meat with a spice mixture of cumin, cinnamon, allspice, ground ginger, cilantro, coriander, and paprika, seared it in a cast iron frying pan and then put it in the crock pot with carrots, parsnips, celery, some wine and tomato paste, and a bunch of garlic. It's been cooking all day now and it smells awesome!

Food: Beef and Cilantro Chutney Patties

I love cooking with whatever's at hand. I had some ground beef in the freezer that needed to be eaten and I was in a "mix ground meat with veggies and slip them to the hub" sort of mood. I'd been to the grocery the day before and thought about getting some greens and fresh herbs but at the time I wasn't sure I'd have time to cook this week so I didn't get any.

But I did get a jar of Cilantro Chutney -- the spicy kind. And I had plenty of carrots and apples. And an onion. I broke out the food processer and ground everything to a fine paste (I sauteed the onions first) and then made them into patties and fried 'em up. Delish! Kind of like eating a meat samosa without the wrapping.

You could also do this as a meatloaf, but I didn't have the patience for that. :)

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