Roasting Chickens [View All]

Well I was pleasantly surprised this morning when I noticed my local market had chickens on sale for .59 a pound. These are local grown chickens not those Southern grown birds that spend days in refrigerator trucks and arrive at the market all pale and puny. These are the real deal chickens, plump and juicy looking. Please understand, I have nothing against chickens from the south. I just don't live there. If I did I'd want your chickens.

So I bought three and dragged out the big old Turkey Roaster. I filled them with at least 20 cloves of garlic each and a lemon. I decided to go simple with the seasoning so just did a healty dose of pepper and salt with a drizzle of olive oil.

Tonight I'll put the carcasses in the big crock pot to make stock. Tomorrow I'll be doing chicken enchiladas and chicken salad.

I'm planning a simple roast chicken dinner tonight as I have a burrata coming via Fed Ex today.

http://www.igourmet.com/shoppe/search.asp?cat=51&qry=burrata&search.x=8&search.y=15

I got some beautiful greenhouse tomatoes on the vine and I'll be opening a bottle of Montepulciano (I like red wine!) I'm making a pesto dip with butter and cream cheese for the baguette SO will get from the bakery. All this with a Caesar Salad, what could be better? Probably, I'll just slice some strawberries for dessert.

Life in the kitchen is pretty good today.