Nanna's Lamb and Vegie soup

Nanna always made this yummy lamb and veg soup so I got the recipe from her.

Boil up a few lamb chops or shanks for a couple of hours so you get some nice stock. (I also added some diced lamb too coz I like it meaty!)

Grate some carrot, celery, onion/leek, parsnip, turnip, and any other veg you like, although the combo of those works great. You can add a potato or two as well (peeled).

Add the vegies to the pot with some more water or liquid vegie stock. Then add some vegie stock cubes/powder per your tasting preference.

After it's simmered away for another couple of hours, pull all the bones out and rip up the meat a bit if it's really chunky.
Let it cool overnight in the fridge, then skim the fat off the top.

Heat through and add 1/2 cup macaroni or pasta to your preference and simmer for half an hour or so until ready to eat. YUM!!!!

simple lamb casserole/stew thing

When I was a kid, mum used to make this 'mutton stew' which was the absolute bane of my existance! I hated it with a passion! However, lamb casserole was my favourite dinner ever.
They were the same thing.

So here is my version of my mum's mutton stew, although with lamb!

1kg diced lamb
1 onion, diced
6 potatoes, peeled and quartered
2 carrots, chopped into chunks
3 sticks celery, chopped into chunks
1 tin tomatoes
italian herbs
red wine
frozen peas (optional)

brown onion in pot, add diced lamb and brown. add other vegies, tomatoes, herbs and stir. then put in some red wine (1/2 to 1cup) and simmer for 1hour or so.
this would also work well in the slow cooker on low for 6-8hours.

towards the end, add the peas if you want them, and heat through until peas are cooked.

serve on it's own or with crusty bread or similar.