Poppi G. Koullias
Senior Cook
- Joined
- Oct 23, 2010
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Has anyone burnt the candle both ends by over working? Today I realised I have, so I've cut my hours down to spend more time with my boy and enjoy cooking more.
Today I made this lamb casserole. It's a slow cook, and in the old "Tower band" oval casserole which I've had a long time now. And the good thing about its size is everything has space to cook.
Pushed to one side, allowing for the veg to brown as well, before putting in the oven. Nice lamb shank in there, too. I sliced it in half so to brown the meat and allow the slow cooking to break down its sinues. And placed the browned meat on top of the veg so all the juices filter down.
Do you guys think I've done right there? ^
We'll tuck into it tomorrow.
Young George loves his food, though I have to firm with him him sometimes or he'll plough through a third plateful. His special needs school is on term time this week, so he's been taking great interest my making this casserole, watching closely as I flipped the lamb shoulder chunks over in the oil.
This changeround means taking on a new employee which I can't afford, really. But the best thing is I can spend more time with family, more time studying on my engineering course, but also working from home. And in all this, I've found peace in myself.
Today I made this lamb casserole. It's a slow cook, and in the old "Tower band" oval casserole which I've had a long time now. And the good thing about its size is everything has space to cook.
Pushed to one side, allowing for the veg to brown as well, before putting in the oven. Nice lamb shank in there, too. I sliced it in half so to brown the meat and allow the slow cooking to break down its sinues. And placed the browned meat on top of the veg so all the juices filter down.
Do you guys think I've done right there? ^
We'll tuck into it tomorrow.
Young George loves his food, though I have to firm with him him sometimes or he'll plough through a third plateful. His special needs school is on term time this week, so he's been taking great interest my making this casserole, watching closely as I flipped the lamb shoulder chunks over in the oil.
This changeround means taking on a new employee which I can't afford, really. But the best thing is I can spend more time with family, more time studying on my engineering course, but also working from home. And in all this, I've found peace in myself.