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Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Eat a Rainbow

Today is the last day to enter the Simply Bishop's giveaway post!

Can you believe I completely forgot to post my Eat.Live.Be. entry yesterday? I feel awful about it.

I believe the saying is "better late than never," right? This week we're offering health or cooking tips.

One of my favorite (kinda both) is the "eat a rainbow" tip. It's such a great way to ensure that you're getting a meal that includes a variety of nutrients. When cooking, the easiest way to do this is to include a bunch of vegetables. Vegetables come in so many different colors, each bringing something different and important to the table.

Take this lamb fricassee - It's easy enough to make a stew with lamb, but stews are oh so brown. So add in some color and voila! Fricassee! Don't believe me? Check it out for yourself:
Red - tomatoes
Orange - carrots
Yellow - onion
Green - parsley
Brown - lamb

Lamb Fricassee
1 lb lamb, cut into chunks
1 Tbsp flour
1 Tbsp butter
1 cup tomato juice
1/2 onion, chopped
1 carrot, chopped
2 sprigs of parsley, chiffonade
1 bay leaf
2 cloves
salt and pepper

Coat the lamb with the flour.
Melt the butter in a dutch oven and brown the lamb.
Bring the tomato juice to a boil and pour over the meat.
Add the onions, carrots, parsley, bay leaf, and cloves. Cover and simmer for 1 hour. Salt and pepper to taste.

Next week we're sharing what makes us happy. I love light sunny topics, don't you? Now check out how the other bloggers are faring: