Monday, February 25, 2013

Slow cook lamb with baking oven


Recently, I bought this amazingly good baking dish from Le Creuset at T.Jmax with a so good price: just around $17, cheaper than any online store. This time, I use this one to cook a lamb dish. This kind of food is good for winter time, because lamb is considered as "hot" food, it can warm your body up. The cooking process is easier when I use Breville Compact Smart Oven

1. Ingredients:
- 1 pack of lamb meat (you can use lam stew, lamb chop, vvv). I bought this one from Trader Joe's.


- Spices: I use of 21 salute seasoning from Trader Joe's and  cumin as main seasonings: 1 spoon for each, plus dried basil, oregano, sage: 1 tea spoon each . 

Also: salt and black pepper: 1 tea spoon for each

- Vege: 1 potato, 1 carrot, green bean, 1 sliced shallot, 1 chopped onion, sliced mushroom (1/2 pack)

2. Method
- Preheat a pan with 1 spoon of oil, than add the meat, if you use nonstick pan, you even don't have to use oil 


- Cook each side for 10 minutes ( if you are in a hurry, cook for 5 mins), when you turn to another side, add sliced shallot 

- Take the meat out, put them in to the baking dish, and add vege and seasoning to pan, stir well for 3 mins, add 2 cups of water, and wait until it is broiled. At this time, you can preheat the oven at baking setting: 375 degree 



- Pour the mixture to the baking dish


- Cover it with foil, and bake it for 1 hour.


And here is the result: perfectly beautiful!




Eat with bread or rice is both suitable! Serve with some drop of lemon juice!

Ps: If your room is too smelly after cooking and eating this dish, use this trick: put several slices of lemon to a pot of water, broil it, let the steam bring the lemon fragrance spreading around your kitchen, it will take all other smells away!





Monday, February 11, 2013

New coffee from Trader Joe's

Trader Joe's has a new coffee and I think it's a must try for all coffee's fan: Blue mountain coffee.
You only need two spoon for two cup of coffee, that's enough too have a either breakfast coffee or afternoon coffee.




Enjoin the coffee and see my lovely baby roses blooming! What a happy afternoon!