Dinners this weekend

On Saturday we didn't have anything planned, which is an anomaly. So when Matt asked what I wanted to do I said we should pick something to make for dinner that is different.

I asked Matt what he would like the main part to consist of, and he responded with Lamb. So we flipped to the Lamb section of my Meat cookbook. We looked at many recipes and settled on a leg of lamb recipe.

So we wrote our list and off to Safeway we went. Safeway did not have Leg of Lamb, so we then went to Trader Joe's after picking up other groceries. Again, we picked up groceries at TJ's and got to the meat department to discover they too did not have Leg of Lamb, but I did see they had whole chickens, so I picked one of those up for Sunday's dinner. So off to TOP we went. TOP did have Leg of Lamb (and only one of them), so we finished our shopping there.

Came home and made the rub for the lamb, let it sit, and then put it in the oven. It took about an hour and a half to get to temperature. In the meantime I chopped up some red potatoes and tossed them in olive oil with the rest of the rosemary, garlic & onions to roast up. Made some green beans *the last of the ones from our Co-Op this summer* with caramelized onions.

Dinner was delicious. Later this week we will probably have gyros out of the leftover lamb.

The reason I picked up a whole chicken is because the other day Matt mentioned the butterflied chicken I have made, and I thought, great tomorrow I can do that and we will eat leftovers this week :)

So I used Alton Brown's Broiled, Butterflied Chicken The hardest part about this recipe is getting the Keel bone out of the chicken. Also, I have found his cooking times are quite a bit shorter than it ever comes out for me.

With our chicken I served Sourdough Garlic Bread and Salad. Later this week we will be having tacos with the leftovers.