I didn't follow any strict recipe and instead just used what we had on hand - rosemary, oregano, sea salt, a half glass of pinot noir at the bottom of a bottle and merlot, and butter. That probably violates some cooking law of mixing products, but there you have it.
For the main course, I bought a breast of lamb, and asparagus for the side.
I seared the meaty side of the lamb for 2 minutes or so in a skillet, then rubbed the sea salt on it and sprinkled it with rosemary and oregano. Then I stuffed it in the oven for around 2.75 hours at 375 degrees. It cooked a little faster than what I timed it for, so maybe it was 2 hours.
Next we sat around and talked about food for long time, and then in the last 1/2 hour I came back and prepared the asparagus by drizzling some olive oil on it and sprinkled it with lemon pepper, then wrapped it in foil and stuffed it in the oven.
For sauce, I prepared some hollandaise for the asparagus - and yes, I used a little pouch of powder to kick this one off. Baby steps.
For the lamb sauce, I threw some chopped green onions in and sauteed them in the skillet, next I mixed in the wine that was on hand (think it would've been even better if I'd just used Pinot Noir by itself) and any leftover oregano and rosemary, and reduced it - in hindsight, I should have reduced it further and longer until it was more syrupy, but it was close to being correct. I added a dab of butter and the juice that had kicked off from the lamb breast. It turned out really good.
A colleague of my wife, who doesn't eat lamb, and his girlfriend had stopped by while we were preparing and shared some of the meal. It got good reviews from her, but he didn't try it and my wife felt like it was too fatty. I loved it.
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