Have you ever bought a cookbook and then not used one single recipe in it? That was me, until a couple of weeks ago! I purchased
"Simply Great Food" in October hoping to explore more into the culinary world. This cookbook was made by Dietitians of Canada and has 250 recipes submitted by dietitians across the country.
I managed to make 4 recipes in this book with my roommates a couple of weeks ago. Now that it's Christmas, I am making the lemon-thyme roast chicken again for my family. Of course, I'd love to share this recipe with you too.
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HERE for online recipe with nutritional information.
This recipe uses very simple, healthy ingredients, yet comes out tasting very savoury and tender! The marinade calls for garlic, olive oil, fresh thyme, grated lemon zest, lemon juice, and just a dash of salt. Excluding the salt, these are all ingredients that are heart healthy, anti-cancer, and contain zero sodium.
So here is my chicken from two weeks ago:
Before roasting...
And after roasting...
I burned him a little, but it was mostly the garlic. Next time, I won't leave so much garlic from the marinade sit on the top. The recipe turned out great! I'm waiting for two more organic chickens that are sitting in my family's oven right now. Hopefully one day I can graduate to turkey.
Happy Holidays everybody!
Comments (11)
I personally like it a little burnt =)
As long as you put hot sauce on it then it is good.
ooo i think i may buy this book
that looks so good!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!! & Happy Boxing Day for tomorrow (or today, I dont know what time zone you're in up there!).
This looks delicious! I'll try it out. I'm not a fan of lemon stuff outside of lemonade because it can make the food tart or sour but I always try something once. The chicken we made was marinated with butter & Maple syrup but maple syrup is good for you right? You get it from trees!! I didnt have to tell you that, Canada makes syrups. LOL Anywho, I hope you have a great Christmas!
I was getting worried, I didnt see a post in a while. Been busy working?
Mhmm, that looks amazing!
Happy holidays :)
Wow!! delicious!!! Merry christmas!!!! ^_^ Can you send some over this way. :P
Hmm that looks soo good...
... Yum... Hope you had a great Christmas with your family this year 
Woohooo! Way to go! Looks like it was tasty. :) Happy New Year!
@npr32486 - I just found out that a newer version of this book will be available in March 2011! It'll be updated and have 275+ recipes. I think it's going to be called "Cook!" Keep an eye out. I'll let you know :)
Yum! Usually when I roast chickens though I keep it wrapped in tin foil for around an hour and then take the tin foil off to let the skin brown. That keeps all the meat juicy (especially the breast) and makes burning much harder to do :).