{"id":331,"date":"2014-12-28T22:35:27","date_gmt":"2014-12-28T22:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bktrent.org\/index.php\/2014\/12\/28\/lamb-meatballs-over-apricot-couscous\/"},"modified":"2014-12-28T22:35:27","modified_gmt":"2014-12-28T22:35:27","slug":"lamb-meatballs-over-apricot-couscous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bktrent.org\/index.php\/2014\/12\/28\/lamb-meatballs-over-apricot-couscous\/","title":{"rendered":"Lamb Meatballs over Apricot Couscous+"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Meatballs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 lb ground lamb<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 c bread crumbs<\/li>\n<li>1 large egg<\/li>\n<li>2 Tbsp Persian Lime Curry Rub spice mix from <a href=\"http:\/\/oaktownspiceshop.com\/collections\/blends\" target=\"_blank\">Oaktown Spice Shop<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Couscous<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 c chicken broth<\/li>\n<li>1 c Israeli couscous<\/li>\n<li>1\/3 c dried apricots, chopped<\/li>\n<li>2 Tbsp olive oil<\/li>\n<li>2 Tbsp orange juice<\/li>\n<li>1\/ tsp cinnamon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Bag of spinach leaves<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 c cashew pieces<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Preheat oven to 450.\u00a0 Line a large, rimmed baking sheet with foil, set a wire rack on baking sheet and mist rack with cooking spray.\u00a0 Combine meatball ingredients in a large bowl.\u00a0 Mix gently but thoroughly with your hands.\u00a0 Form 1 1\/2&#8243; balls; place on rack.\u00a0 Bake meatballs until just cooked through &#8211; 12-14 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>While meatballs are baking, toast Israeli couscous in 1 tsp oil over medium-high heat till popping and light brown.\u00a0 Add chicken broth, bring to a boil, then cover and lower heat to simmer.\u00a0 Mix apricots, olive oil, orange juice and cinnamon in a prep bowl; set aside.\u00a0 When couscous is cooked (10-15 min), toss in apricot mixture and fluff couscous.<\/p>\n<p>Place spinach in bottom of bowl, top with couscous, sprinkle with cashews; add meatballs (4-5) and serve.<\/p>\n<p>Serves 4-6<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meatballs: 1 lb ground lamb 1\/2 c bread crumbs 1 large egg 2 Tbsp Persian Lime Curry Rub spice mix from Oaktown Spice Shop Couscous 2 c chicken broth 1 c Israeli couscous 1\/3 c dried apricots, chopped 2 Tbsp olive oil 2 Tbsp orange juice 1\/ tsp cinnamon Bag of spinach leaves 1\/2 c &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bktrent.org\/index.php\/2014\/12\/28\/lamb-meatballs-over-apricot-couscous\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Lamb Meatballs over Apricot Couscous+&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lamb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bktrent.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bktrent.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bktrent.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bktrent.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bktrent.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bktrent.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bktrent.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bktrent.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bktrent.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}