‘Hands-on’ food is a real winner in our household. Plates of delicious ingredients to pile high on flatbreads, to wrap and dip into hummus and sprinkle with jewel like pomegranate seeds.

The warming spices are delightful and take you on a taste bud adventure.

For the lamb;
Low calorie cooking spray
400g minced lamb
1 red onion, thinly sliced
2 cloves of garlic, crushed
1 tbsp Ras el Hanout
50g mushrooms, sliced
25g pine nuts
50g dried apricots, sliced
2 tbsp tomato purée

Pomegranate seeds
100g feta cheese, crumbled

A small bunch of mint & a small bunch of parsley

Spray a large, shallow pan with cooking spray and brown the onion over a medium high heat until starting to caramelise. Add the garlic and cook for another minute.

Add the lamb and cook through until it is all browned, breaking up any large chunks of mince, then add the Ras el Hanout and stir through. Add the mushrooms and continue to cook until the mushrooms have also browned. Add the pine nuts and dried apricots, continually stirring.

Make a well in the middle of the pan and add the tomato purée, slowly start to pull the lamb mix into the purée mixing it all through and cooking the purée at the same time (this really improves the flavour). Add a splash of water to scrape up all the gooey bits from the bottom of the pan then reduce the heat, cover and leave to keep warm.

Serve in the pan with pomegranate seeds and crumbled feta cheese and a sprinkling of chopped mint and parsley.

For the sweet potato;
Low calorie cooking spray
2-3 small sweet potatoes
1 tsp ground cumin
½ tsp ground turmeric
½ tsp sea salt
½ tsp freshly ground black pepper

Preheat the oven to 200C and line a baking tray with parchment paper.

Wash and dry the sweet potato, leave the skins on, then slice it into 5 mm thick slices.

Put them in a single layer onto the lined baking tray and coat lightly with cooking spray and half of the spices and seasoning.

Bake for 20–30 minutes or until soft and golden with crispy edges. Turn the slices over halfway through the cooking time to ensure that they bake evenly.

To serve;

Serve with hummus and flatbreads. Put everything in the middle of the table and let everyone dig in and create their own delicious, messy dinner.

P.S. Don’t forget serviettes!!!

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