Lemon Garlic Roasted Chicken

I'm making a roast chicken tonight.  It's a very simple recipe that has evolved over time into a one pot wonder.  Easy to make and delicious.

Here's the recipe:

Pre heat oven to 425 degrees

Ingredients
4-5 peeled potatoes cut into quarters
4-5 peeled carrots cut into 1 inch pieces
1 4-5 pound whole chicken
1/4 cup butter - melted
1 lemon quartered
8-10 cloves of garlic - unpeeled
Fresh thyme sprigs (or dried if that's what you have)
4 slices bacon
S&P

Placed the potatoes and carrots in a roasting pan (I used a 8x10 casserole pan).  Toss with salt and pepper.  Remove any bags inside the chicken (I typically just toss these, but you may utilize if you like for something).  Pat dry the inside of the chicken with paper towel.  Salt the inside of the chicken well.  Place the chicken on top of the potatoes and carrots.

Stuff half of the lemon wedges and half of the garlic cloves and thyme sprigs inside the chicken.  Tie the legs together with cooking string (not a requirement).  Place the remaining lemon, garlic and thyme in the corners area of potatoes and carrots.  Brush the chicken with the butter, pouring all the butter over the chicken.  Season well with salt, pepper and thyme.  Lay the strips of bacon over the chicken.  Put into over and cook for one hour.

Chicken prior to going in the oven

At the one hour mark, carefully remove the bacon (place on the serving tray and serve with the dinner).  Continue cooking the chicken for another 30 minutes.  (If you have a smaller chicken...say closer to 3 pounds, you may only need an additional 20 minutes.)  Remove chicken from oven and place the chicken on a cutting board.  Tent with foil and let it rest for 15 to 20 minutes.  Place the potatoes and carrots in a covered dish.

Cut up the chicken and serve with the potatoes, carrots and bacon.  Dinner!

Surprise Around Every Corner

Just when I thought everything would calm down, my sweetie gets knocked off a ladder while trimming a tree.  Broken collar bone, broken ribs and three fracture discs.  Good news is no surgery, but it will be a long recuperation.

At least...it looks like this outside:

New Year...Fresh Start

I've been a very poor blogger the last couple years.  I want to correct that in 2016 and get back to at least a weekly update.  This should be easier to do because I've made the tough decision to end my short career as a real estate agent.  It just wasn't the fit that I hoped it might be.  I'm not sure what my next adventure will be, but I'm working on finding that next window of opportunity.

This year...I'm hoping to blog more about...

Cooking (these are treats from the holidays)

Gardening

 Crafting

 as well as a few of my adventures with my grandkids

More to come.  Happy 2016 everyone.