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Showing posts with label lamb. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lamb. Show all posts

Sunday, August 21, 2011

Greek Pitas with Sauce

This meal is definitely top of my Husband's list! It is so fresh, and so juicy; It can make your mouth water just THINKING about it! Now, this recipe is a creation from my mother, who definitely knows a thing or two about cooking delicious meals for a family! I just want to say: Thank you Mom! You have taught me so much, and you are the reason I love to bake and cook, especially for the ones I love!

Now before I share this delicious treasure, I just want to let you know this is a recipe of Taste! You can take away or add any amount, it all depends on your taste buds. So some of the ingredients and directions aren't very precise, just realize YOUR COOKING!!!!! hehe! Also, read through a recipe completely to know what you are getting into, that will help you be prepared for your cooking adventure ;)

Ingredients
1 bag of pitas, or naan
1 lb ground lamb
2 to 3 cloves of garlic (minced)
salt and pepper
olive oil
1 onion
3 zucchinis (wash then shred in food processor)
4 carrots (wash, peel, then shred in food processor)
fresh dill
small container of Plain Greek Yogurt
1 big cucumber (peel skin and spoon out seeds)

Directions
Meal:
Put some olive oil in a large pan.
Cook lamb on medium to low heat (the meat needs to be juicy).
Put in a couple of finely minced garlic cloves. Salt and pepper meat to your preference.
Brown mixture all together then take out of pan. Put in a covered bowl.

Put new oil into pan.
Finely chop onion.
Saute onions then add shredded zucchinis and shredded carrots till soft.
Then add meat back in.
Add fresh chopped dill.
Serve with warm pitas/ naan and sauce on top.

Sauce:
Mix Plain Greek Yogurt, cucumber (peel, remove seeds, then shred), 1 clove of minced garlic, chopped fresh dill, and salt.
Stir.
Serve on pitas.

Friday, May 20, 2011

Our First Supper

Well I kind of cheated on this one, but we will chalk one up for "semi-homemade cooking" and making do with limited supplies! During a Costco shopping spree (yes! we are officially members! I love Costco!), I bought an already marinated Lamb for two! So... Our very first meal in our apartment was the grandest feast of them all!!!
Lamb is Tommy's meal of choice, aka this dinner will be hard to top! At least for a while, till we splurge on another lamb dish. ;)

It was something like this, but it was on sale for less than $20, gotta love sales!
Then I made a salad with lettuce, green and red bell peppers, tomatoes, and cucumbers.
And I also heated up some green beans with garlic on in a pan on the stove. classic!

It was cute! I always envisioned our first meal together in our new place surrounded by boxes and eating on top of a box fresh chinese take-out! haha very movie-esque :) But this blew my movie day dream out of the water! We had tender lamb, fresh veggies, and all our dishes on our coffee table in the living room. Candles were lit too! Very romantic and very delicious!