At Hubbys new job they were giving out turkeys before Christmas, with the option of swapping for other joints if requested. He knows how much I love lamb and that we cant often afford it. So he came him with this 2 kilo boneless leg of lamb from work! :) eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Happy is an understatement!
I wanted to do something special with it, and since it had already been de-boned I decided to stuff it. This is on the menu for tomorrow, roast lamb dinner, will be doing yorkshire, parsnips, carrots, roasties and veg etc. I've done it this afternoon to take some stress off tomorrow and also so I could stud it with garlic and rosemary and let it marinate overnight.
I took the stretchy string off it, keeping it to one side and unrolled it.
Special edition paxo stuffing! wild sage and red onion, 10p from approved food last year.
Make it up according to the pack instructions, which I didn't follow, I just poured boiling water in and mixed until it looked about right :P
And roll it back up firmly keeping it as tightly rolled as possible.
Its about double the size it was in the packaging! lol!
Carefully stretch the string back over the joint to keep it rolled up.
I placed this on a baking tray, cut tiny slits with a sharp knife and filled them with slivers of garlic and rosemary s+
prigs. Sprinkled sea salt over and seasoned with plenty of cracked black pepper.
Cant wait for tomorrows dinner!
One of the habits that has snuck back in recently that we want to squash is buying lunch's at work. It adds up a lot over the days and weeks. There will be no leftovers tonight for hubby to take, so I boiled some wholewheat pasta. Enough for the 4 of us for lunch tomorrow. Stirred through some cubes of pesto I froze in an ice-cube tray (the jar had been open too long and i didnt want to waste it). chopped up the other half of that wrinkly yellow pepper, cut up a bit of ham (defrosted from the freezer for the pizza), and added some green olives that have been knocking around the back of the fridge for ages! Grated a block of reduced parmasen cheese and bagged it up ready to sprinkle over dishes:
Lunch for tomorrow sorted using up odds and ends.
While I was busy in the kitchen hubby and kids were busy burning rubbish:
Although he point blank refused to wear a coat, I did try to keep them all warm with hot chocolates.
Finished off the bread for lunch this morning, so:
White seeded loaf courtesy of my breadmaker :) still limping on though i'm dreading the day it packs in :( Its coming fast.
Pizza dough is on the side proving ready to be made into, well, pizza! :P will make some garlic bread/dough balls to go with it. Got reduced mozzarella, mushrooms, peppers, and ham to top it.
Before I get round to that its time to haul out the carpet cleaner. Muddy little footprints have been trod through my house but they did enjoy hot chocolate by the fire ;) Schoolwork is printed and organized, we have a woodland theme this week. On Wednesday hubby has the day off for new years so were planning a nature trail through a local wood and well be making a poster about it. Cant wait!
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