I’m enjoying my little challenges every week. Just because I’m in constant pain doesn’t mean I have to give up on life and not try new things. A year ago I would have laughed at anyone’s suggestion that I would be writing a blog about fibromyalgia, cooking, baking and making homemade laundry powder and soap. I may have fibromyalgia but it doesn’t have me!
This weekend I set myself a little challenge – I was going to make lamb shish kebabs, yoghurt sauce and homemade flatbread. Mmmm delicious!
Ingredients:
marinade
- 1 garlic, finely chopped
- 1 tsp fresh ginger, finely chopped
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 50ml olive oil
- 1 tsp ground turmeric
- 1 tsp ground coriander
- 1/2 tsp ground oregano
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- pinch of cayenne pepper
- 1 tbsp grated onion
kebabs
- 450g lean diced lamb
- 2 medium red onions, cut into chunks
- 3 tomatoes, cut into chunks
(You could also add green peppers)
Method:
Combine all the marinade ingredients in a large bowl. Add lamb cubes and toss until completely coated.
Marinate for a few hours or overnight.
Pre-heat a griddle pan (or light your BBQ).
Divide the lamb, tomatoes and red onion evenly and thread the pieces on skewers (you need to soak wooden skewers in warm water for at least 20 minutes to keep them from igniting on the grill), alternating lamb, tomatoes and red onion.
Grill, turning to cook evenly, for approximately 10 minutes – until the lamb is cooked.
Meanwhile mix together all of the yoghurt sauce ingredients (recipe below) in a bowl until well combined.
Serve the cooked kebabs with the yoghurt sauce and homemade flat bread (recipe below). A great meal that will definitely be made again!!
(If you don’t have skewers you can cook the lamb, red onion and tomatoes on a griddle and serve on flat bread with a dollop of the yummy yoghurt sauce.)
The best yoghurt sauce ever!
- 150g Greek-style yoghurt
- 1 tbsp tahini (sesame paste – you can easily make your own with sesame seeds and olive oil)
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 garlic clove, peeled, finely chopped
- pinch of salt
Homemade flatbread
Ingredients
- 125g Greek style natural yoghurt
- 125g plain flour, plus extra for dusting
- ½ tsp baking powder
- Pinch of salt
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
Method
To make the flatbread, place the Greek style natural yoghurt, flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl. Mix together using your hands until all of the ingredients are combined.
Dust a clean work surface with flour, then tip out the dough. Knead the dough for a few minutes. Divide into four equal-sized pieces. Roll each piece into a ball (make sure the rolling pin is floured too), then roll flat into an oval shape roughly 2mm thick and brush with olive oil. (Make sure that they aren’t too thick as one of my flatbreads was thicker at one end and tasted doughy!)
Heat a griddle pan until very hot. Place the flatbreads on the griddle and cook for approximately 1 to 2 minutes on each side, until they have griddle lines and have puffed up slightly.
Small accomplishments should be celebrated :) I’m looking forward to my next little challenge.
Keep smiling!
Claire
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um…is it too early in the morning for my mouth to be watering over this food? :D
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:) x
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Doesn’t eating food off of sticks make it taste even better ;) Love these – I cant wait to try them.
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Uhhhh I NEED this now! Looks absolutely lush.
Thanks so much for sharing – I’m going to give this a try. The marinade along sounds so good,
Charlotte x
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You’ll love it!
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Enjoy :) x
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These look delicious! I’ve never cooked lamb, but I really want to try :)
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It’s really tasty x
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That recipe looks and sounds really good! I’ve never made lamb at home before, but I am up for the challenge, too! :) (pinned this recipe!)
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Enjoy!
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Reminds me of my childhood — Shish Kebab is very popular amongst Armenians & Greeks in my hometown, especially lamb!
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These look ever so tasty and much healthier than those you’d get in a kebab shop! Love how simple you’ve made this look :)
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They are :) x
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So sorry you are in pain. These look delicious! My daughter is a huge lamb fan!
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Thank you x
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Oh yum these look absolutely delicious – I have to admit I do love a nice piece of lamb. x
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They really are tasty :)
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My husband would LOVE these! I would definitely enjoy them too but he’s a big lamb fan so this will definitely be on our “to try” list of recipes!
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Enjoy :) They are delicious x
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Love Mediterranean. I am hungry!
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Yay! Another Claire recipe. This is one of the reasons I love your blog! Thete are thousands of recipe blogs out there but your recipes are easy, taaty and even I can make them. I wish I’d seen this before I went to town this morning. I would have got the lamb in. Tomorrow then. I may cheat on the flatbread though.
I love my slow cooker. Do you have any recipe recommendations for them?
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A beef joint in the slow cooker, with just about 2 inches of water, the juices from the meat will add to the water, it’s so yummy and the meat breaks away :) x
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I can’t do lamb but beef – yes indeed and your yogurt sauce sounds delicious!
Love the look of the flat bread too! You did a great job on this!
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Thank you – I’m enjoying learning to cook :) x
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My husband loves lamb and gyros. He would love for me to make this.
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Yummy. We love kabobs. And lamb is my husbands favorite. I will add this to my recipes. 😊
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They are yummy :) x
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It’s been ages since I made any flat bread and now it’s all I can think about. Must include all the ingredients on my next shopping list.
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The kebabs look delicious and the flat breads even more so! xxx
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Yum! These look and sound amazing! No one in my house likes lamb apart from me. I think I will have to make them for myself xx
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You could try chicken for everyone else and treat yourself to lamb :) x
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You must be good if even I as a vegetarian am salivating over your dish it looks great and I think it is a brilliant outlet for your pain xx
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Thank you Ana :) x
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Absolutely one of my favourite meals and add some Halloumi in and I am round for my tea x
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That looks pretty good. I’ll have to make it with another meat, though, because the one time I tried lamb was terrible and I’ve never been able to eat it again.
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Try chicken, it’s yummy too :) x
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shish kebabs are such a great way to serve dinner at a party. Not a lamb fan but I would substitute
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You could substitute with chicken :)
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This really looks so healthy and delicious. Something that I would love and I am pretty sure my family would to. Skewers just make everything so much more fun to eat.
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They certainly do :)
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This looks delicious! Would you ever make something vegetarian?
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This looks absolutely delicious. I love lamb and this looks like a pretty healthy recipe too. Might have to give it a go :)
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It tastes delicious too :) x
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This is going to be must, hubby would absolutely love it!
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Enjoy x
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I have never wanted to make kebabs until now. OMG do they look delicious
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Thanks :) x
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Going on my shopping list for aldi this week, they look delicious claire! Not sure I would be able to make my own flat bread though
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Thanks! If I can make flat bread anyone can x
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All these look very delicious. Great work Claire.
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Thanks x
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Oh I would love to toss these on the grill I am sure my daughter would enjoy
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She would – they are so yummy x
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This looks so good and easy to make! It makes for a very delish meal over the weekend when I don’t feel like cooking!
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OMG looks yummy and the ease of that flat bread recipe – I’m in trouble :D
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I love lamb! I imagine this is super easy way to make Greekish food! Yum :)
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That looks delicious. I especially love the sauce. Yum! Going to have to try that soon. Thanks!
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Kebabs are so fun to make and a great way to get kids involved in the kitchen. Thank you for sharing, this may be fun to do before Trick or Treating festivites.
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These sound delicious! My husband would love them!
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I love lamb, in fact all my family loves Lam – especially on kabobs!
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These lamb shish kebabs sound so good! Would be perfect for summer grilling season! Pinning!
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That sauce looks delicious! I’ll have to share this with my hubs! Thank you for posting this recipe :)
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YUM! We love shish kebabs for easy and delicious dinners!
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That looks delicious. We love Shish Kebabs. I can’t wait to try your recipe.
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Lamb is one of my favorite meats! It’s really versatile, this recipe is definitely something I would try.
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looks delicious and a healthy recipe. I never try to cook lamb but it looks great
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You make me hungry right now, I wanna grab it from my screen. I’ve never tried it yet in my life, I hope soon I could do it.
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Haven’t had kebab in ages – you are about to change that with this post!!! Awesome how you keep your spirit up! :)
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Thank you x
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Reblogged this on Concierge Librarian.
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Thank you :) x
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Looks really good…liked and reblogged!
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Thank you :) x
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Oh yum! This will be like a last summer hurrah for me. It looks delicious!
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Interesting to see turmeric, cumin and coriander powder in this recipe! I use a ton of these spices in mine :)
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My husband and son would love these! I’m not big on lamb, but I would make them for my boys.
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