Barriehie
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That's me.I'm not much of a menu planner.
I buy what I see and like and can afford.
Then I start thinking what to cook with it. Yes, it's a bit upside down or inside out
Weekly Menu (2025)
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SoCalZone10
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I finally opened a lamb shoulder, not sure what to expect, this piece doesn’t have a lot of fat. I’m too lazy to chop my rosemary so i just threw them in on top. I need to cook the lazy way going forward, make life a lot simpler. I just hope it turns out tasty, otherwise I waste my money and time.
badjak
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You'll be fine!
There's enough fat in shoulder meat.
Are you putting plenty of garlic as well?
SoCalZone10
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My husband doesn’t really like garlic, but I did throw some garlic, a rosemary twig and one onion under the bone. I even threw in half of lemon, stuff is already from my fridge.
But the recipe calls for zest from lemon, some garlic, rosemary, and olive oil. So on top I just rub with olive oil and rosemary, of course salt and pepper, but not generously. Low sodium cooking.
badjak
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Sounds good!
I just love garlic
SoCalZone10
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His mom never cooked with garlic, maybe that’s why he is not too fond of it. I just threw in some for subtle flavor. But my daughter loves garlic.
Well, that lamb looks great!
My parents both hate(d) garlic, basically thought it was poison, so we never grew up with it, but both MrsT and I love it so I usually double the amount any recipe calls for.
If my mom ever tasted anything, and I mean anything she didn’t like (which was rare, actually), she spit it out and angrily declare, “Why that ain’t fit tah eat! It’s prob’ly got that ol’ garlic in it somewheres!”
SoCalZone10
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No just for eating, when we played badminton with some Asian girls, he always complained to me the girls smelled awful with garlic breath. Luckily I’m not a garlic eater when he first started dating meWell, that lamb looks great!
My parents both hate(d) garlic, basically thought it was poison, so we never grew up with it, but both MrsT and I love it so I usually double the amount any recipe calls for.
If my mom ever tasted anything, and I mean anything she didn’t like (which was rare, actually), she spit it out and angrily declare, “Why that ain’t fit tah eat! It’s prob’ly got that ol’ garlic in it somewheres!”
. Now I do use garlic, but not eating it raw like some Asians do. My SIL’s parents ate raw garlic often and they all lived till 98, 99. Maybe I should start eating raw garlic more often.
We had an aged couple about a mile or so down the road, positively ancient, and my folks were good about making sure we looked after them. We’d cut a little firewood and take it to them, Mom would maybe fix an extra piece of or fix them a plate of leftovers and I’d run it down to them, I cut their grass, that sort of thing.
They ate garlic raw and took garlic pills, and they positively reeked, it just oozed out of their pores and everything. I think that was why I was always the one who had to deal with them directly. We’d cut some firewood, and Dad would say, “Boy, now get a little more’n half o’ that on the back porch, then yah take the rest down tah the Bakers an’ check in on ‘em, make sure they’re ok.”
SoCalZone10
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I finally took of the cap for my lamb, I removed the jus, saved it for gravy sauce later, I threw in some potatoes, the reason I removed the jus is because I want the potatoes to be crisp, not soggy with the jus.
Now I’m working on my moussaka dish. I use the Recipetineats, the eggplant slices are now bake in the oven, the tomato sauce and meat is done simmering.
Now I’m working on my moussaka dish. I use the Recipetineats, the eggplant slices are now bake in the oven, the tomato sauce and meat is done simmering.
Gone Hiking
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I don't really meal plan, beyond things I want to make that night or the next, or on the weekend. Often, there's no planning at all. Someone will just say, "How about burgers on the grill tonight?", and five minutes later I'm throwing burgers on the grill. Or sometimes I'll notice I have some meat and veggies going South, so I'll concoct a meal around that. Or, if I'm working from home, I'll throw some pork or beef ribs on the smoker in the morning that will be ready for dinner that afternoon. I tend to cook large batches that either become lunch and dinner for the next few days or that I'll freeze for some other time.
Barriehie
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I eat some raw when I'm harvesting mine. Since it's really fresh it doesn't have the bite that the dried out ones from the store have. Plus, I'm growing a milder variety that stores well.No just for eating, when we played badminton with some Asian girls, he always complained to me the girls smelled awful with garlic breath. Luckily I’m not a garlic eater when he first started dating me
SoCalZone10
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So much for planning the menu, the Lebanese Fattoush was not consumed, the gravy was not made, my husband was too hungry once he smelled the lamb.
Once I took out the lamb, I put in my moussaka in the oven, I reread the recipe again, it says you can add croutons on top, that’s what I did with my croutons from Thanksgiving.
Once I took out the lamb, I put in my moussaka in the oven, I reread the recipe again, it says you can add croutons on top, that’s what I did with my croutons from Thanksgiving.
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Splendid!
I cooked a shoulder of lamb here with nothing but garlic!
https://www.cookingbites.com/threads/shoulder-of-lamb-with-garlic.30853/