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Leg of lamb 

It's a while since I bothered you with information about food.  We have 4 very nice people coming to dinner tonight and I am cooking Ottolenghi's lamb shwama.  Here is the lamb ready to go into the oven after marinading for 24 hours.  It's clearly from a Texan sheep.  I have never seen a leg of lamb so large. It weighs 8 lbs - about the size of a decent baby!   It's a shame really that we can only get 6 round our dining table because really this baby would feed a dozen people easily!  

Also ready for the oven is a dish of courgette, aubergine and tomato nestling on a bed of caramelised onion and sprinkled with thyme.

Veggies

Homemade (what else) celery soup to start.  The lamb is being served with mixed wild and red rice tarted up with some raisins and a bit of this and that and Greek yoghurt on the side.

The lamb has already been in the oven for 4 hours and the vegetables have now melted into a delicious jam! The whole house smells good.

And the bonus is that the postman just arrived with two parcels from the UK…a Masai top and a dress which I purchased online.  The dress is a little on the fitted side…more work to be done there Ruth…but the top is just right.  I've put it on immediately and have my best hostess smile ready!