Slow Cooker Lamb Shanks with Leeks & Balsamic Vinegar

22 Wednesday Apr 2015

Posted by Wendy Hay in All recipes, Lamb, Main Meals

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clean eating, crock pot recipe, gluten free, Grain Free, lamb, lamb shanks, leeks, Primal, roast vegetables, slow cooker, slow cooker recipe, sweet potato, whole food

I’m loving my new crock-pot/slow cooker which I bought for half price in a recent sale. I’ve used it more times in the past two weeks than I used my old one in the previous two years. Funny how having something shiny and new make you want to use it more!

I love Lamb Shanks and thought I’d adapt my old recipe and give it a whirl. Well the results were outstanding. Melt in your mouth delish, so very yummy!

And the best part was that the lamb shanks I used were huge so we had enough for three meals so we have eating them for the past two nights in a row and the rest is in the freezer for another time. I’m picking that it probably won’t last too long in the freezer!

I’ve also featured this on Gluten Free Wednesdays.

Large New Zealand lamb shanks all ready to do the slow cooker bake!

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Leek & Tomato Quiche with Oregano Pastry

15 Sunday Mar 2015

Posted by Wendy Hay in All recipes, Lunch, Main Meals

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clean eating, leeks, paleo pastry, paleo quiche, primal quiche, primal recipe, quiche, tomatoes, whole foods

I always thought that quiche was a dish invented by the French but apparently not. The Germans have this claim to fame with their kuchen, meaning cake. A savory egg custard tart which they used brioche rather than the traditional short pastry.

No matter really, as this recipe has it’s origin from a twenty year old Australian Womens Weekly cookbook. Before the low fat madness hit we could eat cream and cheese without fear.

Fast forward over those two decades when saturated fat was demonised and my favourite quiche was only made occasionally and then eaten with guilt. Well, that has changed now, hasn’t it?

Now the big issue is the pastry and all that wheaty flour. But with thanks to Everyday Mavens paleo pastry and the addition of oregano a perfect tart based was found. So if you tolerate dairy then this lovely quiche is perfectly yummy eaten hot or cold. Without grains, without gluten and without guilt!

I’m sharing this recipe on Gluten Free Wednesdays and Gluten Free Fridays, two great recipe roundups. If you love this then make sure you sign-up so you receive each new recipe hot off the press!

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Lamb Shanks with Balsamic Vinegar & Coconut Aminos

16 Wednesday Jul 2014

Posted by Wendy Hay in All recipes, Lamb, Main Meals

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clean eating, gluten free, Grain Free, lamb, lamb shanks, leeks, Primal, roast vegetables, sweet potato

Ok then being July it’s still winter in New Zealand and as a nation we are known to have way more sheep than people. Although maybe that has changed now that we grow so much wine, however, I digress!

So being primal/paleo or just plain meaty inclined how best to keep out the cold than with a comforting dish of melt in your mouth, tender lamb shanks. Add to this meat falling off the bone deliciousness, some simple steamed broccoli and to mop up the tasty juices, a side dish of lovely roasted vegetables, mashed sweet potato or dreamy creamy cauliflower. Bliss!