i made a lamb shank in my rotisserie oven last night, with mashed potatoes, and it came out really good...and today, there were leftovers of everything, so i made a lamb stew in the crock pot, with onions, lots of garlic, potatoes, mushrooms, beef stock, and marsala wine and about 2 tablespoons of tomato paste.

when that was done cooking, i remembered that i still had the mashed potatoes left, so i layered that on top of the stew and put the whole thing in the broiler for 20 mins, so it got nice and crusty on top....it was fantastic!

i love experimenting with food, especially when it comes out good! :-)

ps: i love you crockpot.