dinner ( Monday )

 Some good pals over for a quick Monday ! night supper

 Time to break out the Autumnal

•  Roasted Chicken
• Mashed Sweet Potatoes
• Swiss Chard
• Red Cabbage w/apples and cinnamon
• Tomatoes ( as long as they are there, we will be eating them...)

 I have gone a different way on roasting my chickens !

First bring the bird up to room temp for as long as  you can - they are all wrapped and such, so sitting out for a bit ( couple/few ) hours is NOT going to hurt anything. Paint with olive oil then season well inside and out - and season liberally - what ever you like plus salt and pepper. This is Old Bay, Ground Coriander and Garlic Powder , with veggies , onions, celery and carrots INSIDE the bird - Then put a slice of cut up bacon over the breast meat.

 Preheat to 375º and let him go for a good long time. I was blasting in a hot oven and cutting it down , cooking much faster, the low and slow is better. After it came out ( hour and forty five min ) I turned the oven up to 450º drizzled some melted butter over the bird and browned for just a few min...

A lovely time was had by all !