Slow cooker Pulled Lamb #RTChallenge

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• Everyone but everyone is doing pulled pork which in itself is a delicious dish but I like to jazz my food up and do my own thing.

I have created this recipe as part of the Red Tractor Challenge as mentioned previously , the lamb I used came form Aldi.

• "Aldi are committed to sourcing a wide range of Red Tractor assured food for their customers with 45 % of it's products stocked from British suppliers. Aldi has a great range of 100 % British Lamb allowing shoppers to serve up only only the best to their close friends and family. Aldi is one of the only Uk retailers to offer a 100 % British Red Tractor Lamb range all year round"
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• Ingredients 

Preperation time : 15 minutes 

Cooking time a good 8 hours on high 

• Pulled Lamb
• 4 garlic cloves, chopped
• 2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 2 tsp ground cumin
• 1 tbsp dried oregano
• A leg of lamb ( that will fit in a slow cooker !)

   300 ml of vegetable stock

  2 sliced onions 

Redcurrant Mint Dip

• 250g natural yogurt
• 2 dessert spoons of refs currant jelly that had port in it 
• small handful mint leaves, chopped
• Pitta bread sliced in half 
• Iceberg lettuce washed and shredded

Method

 Put the garlic, cinnamon, cumin, oregano and lemon in a blender with 1 tsp salt and 2 tsp black pepper in bowl and use a hand blender to roughly chop or put in a blender if you want it smoother.

Place the lamb in the slow cooker it may take a bit of jiggling.

Scatter the onions around the lamb.

Make up around 300 ml of stock ( a vegetable one if a good base )

Mix with the garlic , common etc mixture and that add to the lamb in the slow cooker.


Once the lamb has cooked in the slow cooker after a good 8 hours removed it from the slow cooker leaving the gravy etc behind. You can always turn that into soup if you wish,

Shred the lamb as you would when doing pulled pork and then serve in pitta breads also side the recurrent mint dip

For the dip  mix the yogurt , chopped mint leaves and recurrent together and chill to you are ready to use it.

8 AM Looks likes Like This

This is not even a sponsored post , not even product placement but just 8 AM in a field having a coffee and breakfast!

That is normal isn't now ?

I'm finding my way in life doing my own thing.

Amazingly some folk don't understand me.

Some actually dispise me.

This has been a theme since school.

Though it doesn't bother me as I do have friends.

I have my down days like anyone , life isn't always a field of dreams but I am going to damn well try.

Silent Sunday On Sunday

What Does Silence Look Like?

Standing tall

A 5 minute pedal down the lane leads me  to bliss , I love 5 minutes it leads to snap descions of serenity.

And 

Quite frankly.

I love it.

Where else can 5 minutes lead to this.

Or this. ?

Morning Glory #MorningStories

Tea sets me up for the morning.

Mornings can be the busiest time of day , in fact it is like a military operation getting everyone washed , dressed fed and washed and the hands of the lock hurtle towards 8 am. I love to get the most out of my mornings it sets me and the rest of the family up for a productive day.





My tops tips for getting organised in the morning are:


1. Early riser ( be a ) whilst that sounds horrific it's not once you get used to it , try setting your alarm a little earlier . Mornings are the most productive times of the day , mornings will often see me boredom baking and doing housework whilst they are baking.!


2. Good breakfast ( have a) I'm not really not much of a breakfast person but I have come to realise of late , what an important meal it is , I read somewhere that you should have breakfast within half an hour of waking up. The food we put into our bodies becomes the fuel on which it runs.

3. List ( make one the night before). We all have projects, work and situations that require our time and things that we need to accomplish ( like getting that lunchbox for your child finished !). Most likely your to -do list is longer than the Great Wall of China certainly more than you can accomplish in one day. T o make the most of your day , choose one big thing on your list and do it first. Then if you finish this move on and do the next one.

4. Exercise this may not sound practical if you have a toddler trying to put their potty on top of their head or your reception child losing their shoes for the umpteenth time but hopefully it will as you become more organised. It all takes time and once you are organised you can take part in some exercise together : have fun in the mornings.

5. Do something you love. I do one thing I love each day and this might see me going for a walk early on ( this is easier for me as my son is a teenage ) or boredom baking or a spot of ninja weeding or going to see Brian the compost bin. Do one thing you love each day , live it love it embrace it.

6. Preparation this goes hand in hand with makes lists really , such as preparing school uniform the night , polishing shoes , organising lunch boxes.

7 Rest (make time) , resting is a productive as planning , don't feel guilty about it, rest is essential to our well-being .

8. Distractions , distractions , distractions .. Oh look a butterfly . 

Distractions can be a waste of time , I have to admit that I get overwhelmed with distractions such as social media. I always think of the phrase "don't put off today what you can do tomorrow"  When talking with people look them in the eye, I find this hard to do but I am getting better at it as people really do appreciate eye to eye contact.

9. Give a kindness , open a door for someone , help someone with a task , listen to a troubled friend etc . Giving is a much fun as it is receiving.

10. Reset as they say "Tomorrow is  a mystery , yesterday is history " Each new start has potential and opportunity to be seized . I love a quick 5 minutes to clear the clutter in the evening though aim for 10 so then your home will be refreshed.



This past week I have been trying out belvita biscuits as part of my breakfast , the only breakfast biscuits proven to slowly release carbohydrates over four hours as part of a balanced breakfast. belvita biscuits contain at least five whole grains ,are rich in cereals, a source of fibre and contain a selection of vitamins. Available in convenient portion packs. they are recommended to be enjoyed as part of a balanced breakfast for example with a banana and cup of tea.

belvita breakfast biscuits are now available in three tasty ranges : belvita Breakfast Biscuits, Yogurt Crunch, Duo Crunch and new Crunchy

My son took the chocolate with yogurt filling on his rugby tour alas he took no photos or posed with them but he said they were nice = in teen speak they were blooming marvellous.


My outright favourite was the Breakfast ones ,I could sit on my decking in the morning and have a cup of tea and watch Mr blackbird hop hopping across my lawn awwwh lazy days = me time .


"This post is an entry for the #Morningstories Linky Challenge sponsored by belvita Breakfast.