Name: Lamb and Potatoes Stew
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h 25 min
Total time: 1 h 35 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 lbs Lamb, bone-less, cubed; 3 tbsp Yogurt, preferred thick yogurt, such as greek yogurt or drain excess water from normal yogurt; 1/2 tsp Salt; 1/4 tsp Black Pepper; 1/2 tbsp Oregano; 2 tbsp Olive Oil; 1 tsp Cumin Powder; 1 tsp Lemon, zest; 3 Garlic, cloves, minced or grated; 1/2 lbs Potatoes, 2 medium potatoes, diced to 2 inch cubes; 1/2 Cup Yellow Onion, thin chopped; 2 tbsp Tomato Paste; 1 Cup Tomatoes, grated 2 fresh roma tomatoes, or use canned; 2 Bay Leaf; 1/4 tsp Sugar; Salt and Black Pepper, adjust per taste; 1/4 Cup White Wine; 1/2 tsp Red Pepper Powder, paprika; 1 tbsp Olive Oil; 1/2 Cup Kalamata Olives, pitted; 6-8 Sweet Peppers, seeds removed, sliced in half

Last week had been quiet exciting! I shared few of my favorite breads, curries, and salad with you all! I am still enjoying a piece of Hawaiian Sweet Dinner Roll while typing this post.

This week, I want to dedicate to some warm and comforting stews, lite breads, plus a little bit of festivity which is MUST in fall season and approaching festivals! I am also excited to announce the first GIVEAWAY for this season this week. So keep an eye and don't forget to participate!

Lamb and Potato Stew. Nothing says comfort than a bowl of warm lamb and potatoes stew. #soups #stews

Here is week's first comforting Lamb and Potatoes Stew. This is one of my favorite stew early fall-winter season. Vishal loves anything but lamb and no-doubt potatoes are welcome anytime too.

This stew is invention of my lazy cooking style.... no-no, don't get me wrong, I can cook for hours when it is for Vishal or a guest or family, I am just lazy for myself... If I have an option, I won't lift a hand to cook for myself. Last week, I had very less amount of lamb in fridge and had totally no clue... what to cook for dinner... and (as usual), I wanted to keep it simple. Even though I was not in mood to eat meat, I wanted to finish the lamb before we head for grocery over the weekend.

Hence, I decided to kill-two-birds-with-one-stone. Even when I don't eat meat, I don't mind eating vegetables cooked in same pot with meat. I made this delicious one-pot lamb stew for Vishal, thereby finished lamb (mission 1 is DONE), and added sweet peppers to serve me - the lazy-diet-freak-myself (mission 2 is DONE). End result was a flavorful lamb stew with comforting slow-cooked, broth rich, and flavored potatoes, and broth-soaking sweet peppers with bite of brine-y olives here-and-there.

In other words, it was a "lamb and potatoes stew" for Vishal (since he will not eat peppers/or any veggies I add to this stew. When there is meat, there should be no veggie-stuff for him.......), AND "potatoes and peppers stew" for me since I not wanted to cook for me separately.

Recipe steps pictures show about 1/2 pound of lamb. I have upgraded the recipe ingredients to share 4 serving lamb stew with you. This stew recipe is very forgiving. Feel free to reduce amount of lamb, and/or increase veggies to fit your taste and style. If I had 1 lb lamb, I would have frozen 2 servings of stew to serve later. Spices and Yogurt marinated lamb, and olives define the flavor-profile of this Mediterranean-inspired stew. You can change meat or veggies per your choice, but, I highly recommend using marinade and olives for this stew.

I made fresh Pita Bread to compliment Mediterranean flavors, will share recipe with you in a day or two. If you end up making lamb stew before I add recipe, feel free to bring store-bought pita bread or chose a bread from suggestions below.

Happy Cooking!

Warm and Comforting, hearty Lamb and Potato Stew

Paleo Notes: Skip sugar and white wine for paleo version. And also marinate lamb in lemon juice instead of yogurt.

Some easy homemade breads to soak-in delicious lamb stew:

The Best Parker House Bread Rolls from Omni Parker House Rolls Mixed Wheat Bread Spiced with Pistachios-Olives Pesto Italian Ciabatta Bread Rolls