Our Easter with Herb Encrusted Roast Leg of Lamb

 An extended weekend!

One extra day off work!

The weekend is going to last forever with just us two.

Yeah, RIGHT!

Another extended weekend cut way too short.

I guess the saying is true, "Time flies when you're having fun."

GGRRRR!!

So upsetting when you want time to STOP for a while.

I'll do a run-down of our weekend. 

And supply you with a great recipe in the mix.

 Friday started with Aunt Millie's Coffee Cake French Toast and bacon.

This is one of my favorite things to do with Aunt Millie's breakfast breads.

Just use it in place of regular bread for French toast.

It always turns out great.

Friday's weather was dreary and rainy.

So we took our time puttering around the house 

doing laundry, and watching Friday morning game shows.

We finally made it out around 3 o'clock.

We did a grocery store run.

And I would really like to know how two people buy almost

$200.00 in groceries?

How is that even possible?

I bet we have enough food in the house to last the rest of the year.

Then Saturday came:

We spent some time on Facebook in the morning while drinking our coffee, 

and after reading our news feed about all the B & E's happening in Marion,

we decided it was time to make our picture windows a little more private.

 We spent most of the late morning at Menard's.

We decided to go with vertical blinds for both picture windows.

And yes, as you can see in the photo above, we are still working on the puzzle.

 While we were at Menard's we came up with more improvements for

the house that really need attention.

We decided on a area rug for the dining room.

My theory: It is so much easier to vacuum than it is to mop.

We moved the dining room table into the kitchen to make room

for the birds big summertime cage.

 This is Tressel. 

Can you guess how he got his name?

Yup!

Named after Ohio State coach Jim Tressel since he is scarlet and grey.

Then onto Sunday:

Easter!

Which means FOOD!

Oh and, we prepped for this day all weekend.

 What I mean by prepping:

An herb marinade on a leg of lamb.

We marinated this leg of lamb for 24 hours. 

Johnie prepared the marinade,

bagged it all up,

flipped it,

massaged it,

and put love into it all weekend.

Johnie found an Emeril Lagasse recipe that he thought we would enjoy.

ENJOY is far from a correct description for this roast.

We LOVED it!

We didn't sway from the recipe at all because we wanted to make

sure our first roast leg of lamb was done right.

 We followed the recipe and directions as it was printed.

If you would like to try this amazing recipe you can find it below.

Just click here.

 The only thing we did differently is, we added asparagus with the potatoes.

We found out (trial and error) that the asparagus should be added

during the last fifteen minutes of roasting.

We added it to the last half hour and it turned out over-cooked.

But that's okay.

We now know for next time.

And there will be a next time......

 The roast turned out just like a prime rib roast.

Tender and juicy.

And the herbs and spices were fantastic.

 How is that for an Easter plate?

For dessert I whipped up this awesome banana bread snack cake.

This recipe came from a good friend of mine.

Best snack cake ever.

But this is going to remain for another post.

I will let you drool for a while until I get it posted.

All-in-all......

One great weekend full of fun and flavor.

See Ya'all Soon!