I roasted another chicken today.
This time I found this recipe
which is from I.G. who is famous but who
I had not used her recipes but this one I used this way:
it calls for a 5 to 6 lb chicken
roasted at 425 F for 1.5 hours.
That's what I needed.
For I had a 5 lb chicken, needed merely how long to roast it
and what temperature.
And that I could roast vegetables with it.
The genius of it, for me, was that I did not have to put
butter on it as I had before but merely melt butter and
pour it on. So simple!
the skin was brown and perfectly chrisp!
I put a few garlic cloves under the skin,
one half of a large onion in 2 chunks,
with a lemon cut in half and put inside the cavity of the
chicken along with the onion.
Some potatoes and carrots on the side of the chicken.
Melted butter and then liberal salt and pepper
on both the chiken and vegetables.
That was it.
Nothing needed on the vegetables, just
salt and pepper.
Perfectly roasted, not burnt vegetables.
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I've been struggling with things that I can't
talk about but this was at least a success.
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A friend texted me this,
she found it on Facebook,
I chopped it so it was not showing anyone's name,
just to be clear this is not a meme I made
but the words therein are very encouraging.
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that really is it, isn't it?
To pray and trust no matter
what struggles we are in,
that we can be saved,
that God can and will help us.
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Well, I hope I can at least remember
that this roast chicken recipe was simple,
did not take much time
and turned out beautifully,
despite the challenges at present.
