Leftover Lamb Crock Pot Korma

That’s a lot of modifiers. Anyway, I saw a similar recipe to this on a food forum. I wanted to something Indian-y with the leftover lamb I had from Easter. This crock pot dish ended up feeding a happy crowd at poker night.

Roasted Leg of Lamb

For Easter dinner, I roasted a leg of lamb and served it with a red wine sauce. What I ended up doing was mostly a combo of two Emeril recipes. It turned out well, though more “medium” than “medium rare”.

“Grown Up” Tomato Soup

I found this recipe linked to from a blog I read, and had some good luck with it. I adapted it in the way you see below. Served this with grilled cheese sandwiches on whole wheat.

Becky’s Squash and Sausage Pasta

Beck made this for dinner after happy hour last night and it was really good. Adapted off of the Mark Bittman blog.

Corned Beef Hash With Poached Eggs

Margeau sent this over after making it this St. Patrick’s Day. It’s a Food Network recipe she had much success with. Great for leftover corned beef.

Sausage and bean soup

I’m really pleased with this recipe, which is super easy but comes out very impressive. The recipe definitely could use more broth, though - I’m going to recommend 1.5 cans of broth instead of the 1 can the recipe called for. When I made this last, John and I were saying that barley or even pasta might make a good addition. I served this with Caesar salad with homemade dressing, and crusty french bread. I got this recipe from my friend Jen and made a couple changes.

Steak and Fries

This to me is the classic “treat yourself” meal to have with company. We bought some delicious steaks at Eastern Market and experimented with a bunch of Penzey’s seasonings: Bicentennial rub, Chicago seasoning, and Old English rub. Bicentennial ended up being the favorite. We also made homemade french fries (included here) and Asian-y Asparagus (listed elsewhere).

Asian-y Asparagus

This is sort of a hybrid of a John recipe and a Missy recipe. Green beans are great this way as well. This is good as either a stir fry or a grilled dish.

Nick’s Apple Crumb Pie

Thanks to Nick for sending this one along, particularly as I don’t really bake and am happy to share others’ recipes in this department.

Mojitos

This recipe came from my friend Doris (who I kind of lost touch with), and made its debut at one of my NAFTY parties.