On the Home Front

“Okay, what’s for dinner?” asked Jabberwocky.  “I’m hungry for something really delicious.”

How about roast chicken?

It turned out moist, with a wonderful flavor.  Vanna had brought fresh potatoes from her garden which I roasted with the chicken—what a gourmet meal.

I had made salad last night, so we ate the leftover salad with the roast chicken and potatoes. 

Recipe below:

Paprika Roast Chicken With Sweet Onion

By blucoat on March 03, 2009

Photo by kellychris

7 Reviews

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• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Total Time: 40 mins
• Servings: 6

About This Recipe

"This recipe is quick, easy, moist, and delicious! This recipe is modified from one in last month’s "Gourmet Magazine" (February 2009)."

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1 tablespoon honey (optional)
• 1 1/2 tablespoons paprika
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4-1/2 teaspoon cayenne ( depending on how much spice you like)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 1 whole chickens, cut into serving pieces (about 3 1/2 pounds) or 3 1/2 lbs of cut chicken pieces ( like chicken thighs or quarters)
• 1 sweet onions, cut into 1/2-inch wedges

http://www.food.com/recipe/paprika-roast-chicken-with-sweet-onion-358804

Adjustments:

I roasted a whole chicken, so I set the oven to 500 degrees and baked the chicken for 20 minutes, sitting it on top of the onion slices, then I turned it down to 350, added the new potatoes (which I washed and punctured), added some more olive oil,  and roasted for an additional 50 minutes until completely done.

It was delicious, very moist, with a wonderful flavor.

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Salad:  Romaine lettuce, cherry tomatoes, carrots shreds, blue cheese, toasted almonds, Craisins.  Toss, add salad dressing (I like Balsamic, low calorie).

One thousand ninety-five

That number theoretically represents the number of meals, 3 times each day, which a person prepares in a year.

Of course, I don’t.

I bet you don’t either.  But, IF we did!!!—whew!  That’s a lot of meal planning, preparation and cleaning up, isn’t it?

“You’re annoying with your numbers,” Jabberwocky said, continuing “What’s for dinner, anyway?”

Jabber, you really don’t get it do you?  If it were not for imagination, which is YOU, and actual work, which around here is ME, there would not BE any meal preparation.  Cleaning up is The Man Who Lives Here’s domain.  Sometimes.

So, we have the work split up three ways, now, don’t we?

“Keep me out of this!”

Often, I do, so don’t worry about that.  Most of the time it is whatever I have on hand and whether or not I feel like cooking.  Doesn’t require Jabberwockies.

What’s for dinner tonight is:

Tossed salad.

Romaine lettuce, cherry tomatoes and sundried tomatoes, shredded carrots, capers, small chunks of smoked cheddar, blue cheese.

Hamburgers, grilled out on the grill, stuffed with cheese and topped with tomatoes, lettuce and sliced onions.  (No onions for The Man Who Lives Here.)

Potato skins, saved and frozen from when I made all those 10 lbs of twice-baked potatoes.  I’ll top them with shredded cheese, salt and pepper and then serve with some sour cream. 

For Dessert:

Grilled mangos—sliced and peeled, of course, first, on vanilla ice cream.  All sprinkled with a little cinnamon sugar.

“I’ve never had grilled mangos.”

Neither have I, so it will be a new experience.

And this seems about right for dinner:

And I think we’ll dine outside for a change.

“Picknicky isn’t it?” said Jabberwocky.  “What are you going to feed the ants?  And, for that matter, DOG?”

The ants will fend for themselves and DOG will likely have some hamburger—she always does, you know.  Which is why DOG is Happy.

I’m not sure about Jabberwockies.