Easy Dinner

I know there are many out there who actually take the time (and foresight!) to home cook a meal involving more than three ingredients, but I'm sure that there are also some like me who are always fishing for new, tasty and relatively healthy things they can 1)remove from fridge/freezer and 2)toss in oven.

Enter Trader Joe's Seasoned Rack of Lamb.

It is brilliant. I believe they've had a frozen version, but I found this one with the fresh meats and had not seen it there before. I didn't pay enough attention to the packaging to offer an exact product name, but it may have been Australian and it included farm-raised organic claims. Meat is vacuum sealed in plastic and it comes in the sort of black plastic tray rotisserie chicken comes in covered w/ a cardboard top. Hopefully that's enough vague detail to help you track it down in your store because it is well worth tracking down!

I adore lamb, but I have never ventured to buy a cut in a butcher's aisle and tried to figure out how to cook it myself. TJ's version is seasoned w/ a generous rub of rosemary, garlic powder etc. You plop it in a baking dish, cover w/ foil and shove into your 325 degree oven for 35 minutes (or slightly longer if you prefer it more well done than medium rare.) It tastes every bit as good as lamb I've ordered in restaurants and is certainly nice enough to be served to guests. In our evening crunch time we ate it with a bag of TJ's roasted veggies and potatoes, which was a bit too much on the salty side, but with more preparation, it would be excellent with any combo of roasted new potatoes/couscous or rice/steamed green beans or asparagus/salad...Bon Appetit!