Lamb Shank Tagine

Soak tagine in water for 24 hours. Lamb shanks, cut in half, browned in non-stick frypan. Heat tagine on a heat diffuser for about 10 mins. Put in a little oil and ghee and gently fry thinly sliced onion and garlic. Spices: saffron, salt, cumin powder, cumin seeds, all pounded in m&p, plus some powdered ginger. Fry momentarily with onion. Cinnamon sticks. Mound lamb shanks on top. 2 chicken stock cubes, little bit of water. Sliced sweet potato stacked around lamb (but this should have gone in a bit later). Sprigs of coriander on top (remove after a while). Cook slowly (but not too slowly - liquid should be simmering) for about 3 hours. About 1/2 hr before completion, add chopped dates and honey. Would be amazing with a leaner lamb such as shoulder.

Serve with cous cous and green veges with mint.

Result: 4 (5 without the chewy bits)
Preparation: not a lot to do, but a long time to cook.

Sausage Rolls

2 x sheets of puff pastry, thawed on the bench

1 grated carrot
1 finely chopped onion
Pork mince + beef mince, about 500g total
splash Worstershire sauce
splash tomato sauce
2 tbsp breadcrumbs
1 tsp dried oregano
1 egg

Cut pastry sheets in half. Fill and seal. Cut in half. Cook at 200 degrees fan bake for 20 mins. Serve with salad and tomato sauce.

Result: 5. Even Caitlin ate it.
Preparation: quite easy

BBQ Chicken & Cous Cous Salad

Marinate 500g diced chicken thigh for 1/2 hour in: 1 tsp sweet paprika, 2 tsp cumin, 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper, ground pepper, salt, olive oil, lemon juice, juice of 1/2 orange. Skewer up and BBQ.

Finely dice red, green and yellow capsicum. Make cous cous. Mix. Dress with lemon juice, olive oil and salt and pepper.

Result: 4. Great on a hot day.
Preparation: dead easy.

Zucchini Fritters

1 large zucchini, shredded with mandolin. Mix in a bowl with besan (chickpea) flour, 2 eggs, salt and a bit of cumin. Heat ghee in non-stick pan. Drop large spoonfuls of mixture in and cook like a pancake. Serve with leftover curry and some yoghurt sauce.

Result: 3 (but bonus points for using up the zucchini)
Preparation: surprisingly easy