Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Chicken Dinner

I just wanted to share a delightful dinner Scott and I had recently.

For our anniversary, Scott got me a new cookbook.  As with a vacuum cleaner, some ladies may get offended if their husbands get them a cookbook, but I was quite excited.  He gave me the Junior League of Houston's, "Stop and Smell the Rosemary".

Until receiving the cookbook, I had never made a roast chicken.  The cookbook had a very wonderful recipe.  I will admit, however, some of the instructions were a bit vague.  I figured it out though.  Here is what came about (I think I'm supposed to tie the legs some way - but the directions did not say.  So I'm not sure): 






It was quite delicious.  Scott was in heaven.  We saved a ton of money by buying a whole fryer chicken (about $5.00-$8.00).  We had this meal, as well as, chicken salad from left over breast meat and  BBQ from dark meat.

Our side was marinated summer vegetables:




Here is the recipe:  Start by using whatever vegetables you have.  I used cucumbers, tomatoes, red onion, yellow and orange peppers.  The following is the marinade:

1/4 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup olive oil
1/2 cup lemon juice
salt and pepper
lemon slices

Mix first 4 ingredients in a bowl.  Pour over the vegetables.  Place lemon slices on top (covering the vegetables with the slices).  Cover with plastic wrap.  Place in refrigerator for 30 minutes to 1 hour.  Remove lemon slices.  Stir.  Keep in refrigerator until serving.
*If you have leftovers, drain vegetables before serving again (the marinade gets strong).

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