For lunch, I had my leftover serving of the chicken and cucumber salad from last night. Now onto the main event – dinner. I decided I would have one red meat night this week and I chose to cook with lamb. Through my work with The Tri-Lamb Group I have learned to appreciate lean, nutrient filled lamb. I know some people go “awwww how could you?” when I say the word lamb but trust me people just give it a try and you will be saying “yummm, how couldn’t I?” If you are still not convinced, more for me then. 😉

Now I still wanted to choose a healthy lamb recipe and I hit the jackpot with this Lamb Chops with Pomegranate and Dried Fig Relish from Bon Appetit’s Fast, Easy, Fresh section and was also labeled low calorie and high fiber. I couldn’t find pomegranate molasses at Central Market so I decided to go ahead and use regular molasses for the relish…oh, the relish. The pomegranate seeds burst in your mouth with each bite and the molasses, balsamic vinegar, dried figs and fresh mint complemented the lamb perfectly. I also loved the cumin seeds on both the lamb and in the relish. I wish my camera worked because this was a visually stunning dish too with the colors of the red pomegranate seeds, fresh green mint and figs served over the lamb chops.

This truly was fast, easy, fresh and utterly delectable. There was nothing on my plate after I snarfed this down. Tomorrow is my total vegetarian day so we will see how it goes. Stay tuned!