Lamb Kebab, with Yellow Pepper and Onion

 Boneless lamb joint, roasted in the oven for about two hours at 200 deg C (check progress by eye). Allowed to cool a little before slicing with an electric kitchen knife. I used a meat fork to hold the joint in place. 

Served with sliced yellow pepper and one diced white onion, both fried in olive oil. Plus pitta bread. 

Potato Curry

 Essentially this is aloo palak curry made with ground beef, minus the ingredient of spinach. With red and yellow peppers, plus diced white onion, tomato puree, ginger and black pepper. 

Peppers, Prawns and Spinach

 A delicious meal of precooked prawns (a bargain from the local Co-op), sliced yellow and red peppers, plus diced spinach. All steamed, and soused in some gluten free soy sauce. Ten minutes to cook. Fabulous!

Crispy Chicken, with Rice and Peas

 A simple chicken dish, made while I was waiting on a Wimbledon match starting a couple of days ago. A bit like a Louisiana Gumbo. Made with roasted chicken thighs, which then were chopped up and refried. Last time I had a real Louisiana Gumbo was actually in the British Embassy compound in Abu Dhabi, in the mid 90s. They served quite a lot of it, and it was pretty good.

Abu Dhabi is one of the original Trucial States, which signed a deal with the UK to allow British access to territory for the protection of the states. So Britain has access to harbour facilities, as does the US, who signed up later (we have the bigger embassy compound :-). I mention this, since it is likely that the chefs who cooked the Louisana gumbo were American, and knew what they were doing.