No Time to Cook: Lamb, Shitake Mushroom & Leek Stew
Who hasn't found themselves "too busy to cook" at some point in their work week? That's where I found myself last Thursday night. I realized that my entire Friday and pretty much Saturday too were going to be super busy. At 10pm I was wondering how could I prepare something nutritious and delicious for myself for tomorrow' busy day. Crock pot to the rescue!! It only took me about 10 minutes to chop up the ingredients. I threw everything in my crockpot, got into bed and went off into dream land which was interlaced with the delicious smells of my stew cooking all night long...
Lamb & Leek Stew
Ingredients:
Lamb Stew Meat (about 1 pound). You can use grass fed beef if you'd prefer. Lamb is one of the "cleanest" meats, meaning that they typically won't give lamb feed laced with pesticides and hormones. Grass fed meats are as good a source for omega 3 fatty acids as wild salmon. Grass fed meats also provide CLA (conjugated linoleic acid), a type of fatty acid that prevents belly fat.
1 Large Organic Leek Leeks are a natural diuretic and have anti-arthritic properties.
2 Large Organic Carrots Carrots are the richest vegetable source of beta-carotenes, great for your eyes and skin.
Handful of Organic Shitake Mushrooms Super immune boosting and cancer fighting!
Beef Bone Broth You can make your own but I like to get mine from Three Stone Hearth , my local, community supported kitchen. Bone broth healing for the gut, helps digestion and breakdown of protein foods, and provides highly absorbable minerals and nutrients.
Half of a Large Onion Sulfur rich onions help your liver detoxification processes
Garlic Cloves (3-5) Garlic also helps with detox. Garlic is immune boosting: anti-microbial, anti-fungal, and anti-bacterial
Sea Salt & Pepper to taste
Thyme Supports respiratory health. Also fights candida (yeast overgrowth)
Instructions:
Chop the leek into round slices. Soak the chopped leek in a large bowl of water to wash off all of the dirt that clings inside the leek.
Chop your carrots, onion, and mushrooms into chunks.
Peel the garlic cloves and cut each into 2 or 3 pieces. Throw everything into your crock pot and set it to "Low." Add a large spoonful of Beef Broth for moisture and added nutrition. Let your crock pot do its thing!
I let my stew cook for 10 hours. Season with Sea Salt, Pepper, & Thyme to taste. Eat on its own or serve over brown rice or quinoa.
Enjoy!
Yours in Health,
Sylvie Nalezny, MA, CNE
Posted by Sylvie Nalezny 2009 at 5/22/2010 6:49 AM 
Categories: Farmer's Market Recipes, Motivation, Veggie Recipes, Recipes
Tags: Lamb stew healthy cooking crock pot cooking easy recipe
Categories: Farmer's Market Recipes, Motivation, Veggie Recipes, Recipes
Tags: Lamb stew healthy cooking crock pot cooking easy recipe
This recipe looks good! I'm going to try it. Been reading through your blogs. Love it! This is just the inspiration I've been looking for to keep up with my own journey to weight loss.
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