Aromatic lamb navarin

Lamb and chunky vegetables slowly cooked in a stock flavoured with cinnamon, bay leaves, cloves and mixed herbs - it doesn't get tastier than this!

ingredients

• 900g lean lamb fillets or leg steaks, all visible fat removed
• 200g baby carrots, peeled and halved
• 2 onions, peeled and chopped
• 2 celery sticks, roughly chopped
• 400g can chopped tomatoes
• 4 baby courgettes, halved lengthways and quartered
• 2 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 2 bay leaves
• 4 cloves
• 200ml lamb stock
• 2 tsp dried mixed herbs
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper
• Chopped fresh flat leaf parsley, to garnish

method

1. Place all the ingredients into the slow cooker pot, season and stir.
2. Cover and cook for 6-8 hours on MEDIUM or until the meat is tender.
3. Remove the cinnamon sticks and bay leaves and serve garnished with chopped parsley.

Tip: Serve with at least one-third of a plate of Speed food on an Extra Easy day... and increase that to at least half a plate of Speed food if you're following Extra Easy SP.