{"id":28995,"date":"2015-12-08T00:30:56","date_gmt":"2015-12-08T05:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=28995"},"modified":"2015-12-07T21:31:58","modified_gmt":"2015-12-08T02:31:58","slug":"apricot-lamb-roast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/12\/08\/apricot-lamb-roast\/","title":{"rendered":"Apricot Lamb Roast"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Oh! \u00a0If only there were a way to share with you the aroma that filled the house when this was cooking away in the CrockPot\u2026delectable! (But there is not\u2026so\u2026if you want to smell it you will just have to make this meal yourself!) \u00a0My husband loves lamb! \u00a0It is a bit of an indulgence, but he deserves it! \u00a0This is a super-easy meal to put together, too! \u00a0I served it with this <a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/2015\/02\/10\/sweet-potato-spinach-mash\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sweet Potato \u2013 Spinach Mash<\/a>. \u00a0This meal fit well into our healthy but oh-so-yummy POV also. \u00a0Full of protein, low-carb\u2026and delish! \u00a0And if apricots are not your thing, this is equally delicious made with dried figs&#8230;soooo good! \u00a0Enjoy!<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">CrockPot Apricot Lamb Roast<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015-04-06-20.16.16.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-25324\" src=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015-04-06-20.16.16-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"2015-04-06 20.16.16\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015-04-06-20.16.16-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015-04-06-20.16.16-1024x765.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>ingredients<\/strong>:<br \/>\n3-4# boneless lamb roast<br \/>\n1 lemon, zested and juiced<br \/>\n2 tablespoons spicy mustard<br \/>\n2 tablespoons honey<br \/>\n2 tablespoons chopped garlic<br \/>\n1 teaspoon dried crushed rosemary<br \/>\n1 teaspoon dried thyme<br \/>\n1 teaspoon freshly ground pepper<br \/>\n1\/2 cup (or more) dried apricots (or dried figs)<br \/>\n1 medium sweet onion, cut into thin wedges<br \/>\n1\/2 cup pitted green olives<br \/>\n2-4 teaspoons cornstarch (or your favorite gravy thickener)<br \/>\n1\/2 \u2013 1 cup sour cream or plain Greek yogurt (optional)<\/p>\n<p><strong>directions<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>use a small CrockPot (I used my 2-quart insert); turn it on and put the lid on to begin warming it up<\/li>\n<li>add the onions, olives, and apricots to the bottom of the insert<\/li>\n<li>in a small bowl, combine mustard, honey, garlic, the spices, lemon zest, and lemon juice; stir with a spoon to form a paste<\/li>\n<li>rub this on all sides of the lamb roast; place into the CrockPot liner on top of the fruit and veggies<\/li>\n<li>cover and cook on low for 8 hours (you can check it with a meat thermometer, if you\u2019d like, but I usually cook \u2018til it\u2019s very tender and falling apart)<\/li>\n<li>remove the meat; slice, and keep warm<\/li>\n<li>skim off (and discard) as much fat as you can (just use a small ladle)<\/li>\n<li>using an immersion blender right in the CrockPot liner, puree the fruit and veggies into a smooth sauce<\/li>\n<li>you can add the cornstarch to thicken as you puree, and\/or a bit of sour cream<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>NOTE: the juices can be served as a simple <em>au jus<\/em> spooned over the meat, or you could even make a quick gravy!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">\u2665 \u00a0 \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0 \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0 \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0 \u00a0\u2665<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>God loves you<\/strong>!<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"> \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0<\/span>(Don\u2019t <strong><em>ever<\/em> <\/strong>forget that!)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">\u2665\u00a0<\/span> coleen<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh! \u00a0If only there were a way to share with you the aroma that filled the house when this was cooking away in the CrockPot\u2026delectable! (But there is not\u2026so\u2026if you want to smell it you will just have to make this meal yourself!) \u00a0My husband loves lamb! \u00a0It is a bit of an indulgence, but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[15],"tags":[3038,235,6016,9776,1287,425,8736,2314,8737],"class_list":["post-28995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-at-home-with-gch","tag-at-home-w-gch","tag-coleen-hayden","tag-crockpot-meal","tag-dried-fruit","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-lamb-roast","tag-low-carb","tag-mustard-rub","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p39pHp-7xF","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28995"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29000,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28995\/revisions\/29000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}