Lamb Chops & Lion's Mane

We grew a gorgeous Lion’s Mane Mushroom - have you ever eaten one of these?! I’ve had it in supplement form, but never as food. And I was pleasantly surprised at the spongy texture and meaty flavour. Plus, Lion;s Mane has some AMAZING health benefits for mood, the immune system, digestive health and cognition. 

This is the dish I made with our Lion’s Mane, alongside all our homegrown veggies! If you can’t find Lion’s Mane, you can sub with any other mushroom.

INGREDIENTS

• 1.5 cups brown rice
• 1kg lamb chops
• 2 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 medium yellow onion, finely chopped
• 2 cups of mushrooms, sliced
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 tablespoon arrowroot flour
• 2 tablespoon seeded mustard
• 2 tablespoon coconut aminos 
• A squeeze of lemon
• 1 cup beans
• 1 cup cherry tomatoes
• 1 cup spinach 

PREPARATION

1. Cook the rice with 4.5 cups of water in a rice cooker or saucepan
2. Season the lamb chops with salt and pepper, and add to a large saucepan over medium heat, searing them on both sides until they begin to brown. 
3. Remove from pan, heat the olive oil and butter and sauté the onions until translucent, then add mushrooms and minced garlic, cooking until well combined and mushrooms are lightly browned, about 3 to 4 minutes.
4. Then stir in the arrowroot flour, mustard, coconut aminos  and a squeeze of lemon.
5. Return lamb chops to the pan, and add water just enough to submerge the lamb pieces.
6. Add in beans, tomatoes and spinach, then mix everything well and let it come to boil.
7. Once it begins to boil, turn down the heat and simmer for about 30min on low while covered until the sauce is reduced and the lamb chops are cooked through.
8. Check every once in a while, to make sure the water levels are good so it doesn’t completely dry out, and taste the sauce to check that it isn’t missing anything, then adjust accordingly. 
9. Serve with a side of rice

Approved diets: Gluten-Free

Chris & Filipa Bellette are the Founders of multi award-winning health practice Chris & Filly Functional Medicine, which is best known for ending body burnout (for good!) in “busy” people with energy, mood and gut issues. They have worked with over 2,000+ burned-out clients in the past combined 25+ years, with their own passion for ending body burnout coming from their own personal experience of body, mind, family & business breakdown, after a prolonged period of physical and mental stress.

Filipa is an accredited Clinical Nutritionist, Functional Medicine Practitioner, Coach & Trauma Therapist. She is also a Ph.D. Scholar, author & regularly featured the media, such as Forbes, Body+Soul and The Daily Telegraph. Chris is a Burnout Recovery Coach & an accredited Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP) Master Practitioner, with a Bachelor of Human Movement Science. He has existed in high-performance realms of the sporting (think national athlete) & business industries and knows what it takes to get out of hustle-and-grind culture to thriving. 

They were recently awarded as the Tasmanian State Winner & National Finalist for the Telstra Best of Business Awards 2022, and Winner of the Australian Women’s Small Business Champion Awards 2022.