Recipes

I love when people post recipes on their blogs. I don't know about you but if you're anything like me thinking of a different meal to cook my family everynight is one of my biggest challenges. Yesterday Oprah's guest gave a cooking lesson where she made TWO roasted chickens (you can buy the already made ones if you'd like) and made three meals for a family four. What was even better, each one was different and could be frozen if your family complains of too much chicken that week!

Here's the Roasted Chicken recipe:

Roasted Chicken:


2 chickens , 4 1/2 to 5 pounds each
6 lemons
A poultry mix of fresh herbs: Rosemary, sage, thyme, parsley and oregano work well
Marinade for one chicken:


1 cup Dijon mustard
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup juice from fresh lemon (don't discard lemon rinds)
To make marinade: Place all ingredients in a nonreactive bowl. Whisk with a wire whisk until ingredients are incorporated well—the marinade should have a smooth and creamy consistency.

To make roasted chicken: Preheat oven to 425°.

Clean chickens well and pat dry. Place each chicken in its own baking dish.

Stuff cavities with lemon rinds and fresh herbs. A poultry mix is fine, usually consisting of rosemary, sage, thyme, parsley and oregano.

Pour marinade over chicken. Add cracked pepper and remaining herbs to the top of each chicken.

Place an oven thermometer in each chicken and cover with aluminum foil. Place on the lower rack of the oven. Bake for 1 1/2 hours, then remove the aluminum foil. Baste with a basting bulb. Keep basting often, ever 15 minutes until the thermometer reads 180°.

And here are the three recipes (links to them)

Chicken Enchiladas

Pesto Pasta with Roasted Chicken

Chicken Pot Pie w/CornBread Crust (sounds fattening but it's not too bad!)

And here's a Chicken Tortilla Soup that she didn't make on the show but sounds delish

Feel like chicken tonight? :)