I prepared Shepherd's Pie for Jyoti as a treat on Valentine's Day.
After removing most of the fat from a leg of lamb (Sam's Club), I lightly floured the bite-sized pieces, seared them with a little canola oil, and placed them in the bottom of a slow cooker. Next, I lightly cooked chopped carrots, celery, frozen peas and white onions in beef broth, with a diced serrano pepper for a touch of spice. adding the mixture to the lamb. Egyptian basil, salt and white pepper were added to taste. I then let the crockpot perform its magic for several hours, occasionally stirring. I also added some chopped cilantro near the end.
Once done, I prepared my mashed potatoes (russet) with butter and slightly less warmed milk than usual. The lamb 'stew' was drained with a collander, reserving the liquid for another meal's gravy.
The drained lamb mix was spooned into the bottom of a baking dish and the potatoes added to the top. The dish was placed, uncovered, onto a middle oven rack to bake at 375 for 25 minutes.
This delicious, tender meal was ready to eat minutes later, outstanding with a mild Merlot or Bordeaux. Bon appitite!
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Monday, February 15, 2010
Friday, February 12, 2010
In the beginning ...
I have to start somewhere, don't I?
Geographically, I was born in Baltimore, educated in West Virginia, travelled with the Navy to Alexandria, Bremerhaven, Brest, Boston, Edinborough, London, Mallorca, Naples, and Puerto Rico, not necessarily in that order. Leaving the flying Navy, I trained in San Diego, California, and Chapel Hill, North Carolina and practiced as a women's health superspecialist in Washington, San Antonio and Corpus Christi, where I currently reside.
My interests outside of Medicine are listed here somewhere, varied because I've never gotten tired of learning about new things. Often, including many of these, I've learned by immersion, reading everything I could find (within reason) until I achieved a reasonable level of understanding, probably benefited by my OC personality, and then brushing up from time to time ... when my interest and discressionary time permitted ... to maintain my fluency.
I plan to develop the Womens Health theme as an attached but separate blog, and developing this one to showcase a variety the variety of activities and hobbies I've come to enjoy.
Thank you for taking this trip with me.
Geographically, I was born in Baltimore, educated in West Virginia, travelled with the Navy to Alexandria, Bremerhaven, Brest, Boston, Edinborough, London, Mallorca, Naples, and Puerto Rico, not necessarily in that order. Leaving the flying Navy, I trained in San Diego, California, and Chapel Hill, North Carolina and practiced as a women's health superspecialist in Washington, San Antonio and Corpus Christi, where I currently reside.
My interests outside of Medicine are listed here somewhere, varied because I've never gotten tired of learning about new things. Often, including many of these, I've learned by immersion, reading everything I could find (within reason) until I achieved a reasonable level of understanding, probably benefited by my OC personality, and then brushing up from time to time ... when my interest and discressionary time permitted ... to maintain my fluency.
I plan to develop the Womens Health theme as an attached but separate blog, and developing this one to showcase a variety the variety of activities and hobbies I've come to enjoy.
Thank you for taking this trip with me.
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