25-05-2024, 07:00 PM
(This post was last modified: 25-05-2024, 07:01 PM by Oh_hunnihunni.)
I stabbed one of our home grown oranges to let the juices out and shoved that inside the chook, a good fit in this big bird, sprayed the pan and the bird with olive oil, popped a butter paper on top and put it in the oven at around 175 for two hours. Vegies went in half an hour later in a separate dish , no room alongside the bird... It made heaps of stock and fat, so that dish has gone into the fridge with the stripped bones to be resuscitated in a day or so and made into stock with any other leftover bits I can't recycle into pies (mushrooms and bacon maybe?), or stirfries - more veg, lol, , and of course cold chicken salad sandwiches if I'm feeling lazy...
Cat approves, the roast met with her approval. So yum...
Oh, and no gravy. I am on a weightloss journey now I can walk without serious pain, and I am watching the inputs to encourage the process. Hit 11 kgs down this morning, since November, very happy with that progress. I was tempted to do baked beans, but went for extra pumpkin instead. And kumara, cauli, potato, red onions, carrot, and a small beetroot...
Burp! Happiness is a good roast, but no doubt I will get sick of chook in a few days!
Cat approves, the roast met with her approval. So yum...
Oh, and no gravy. I am on a weightloss journey now I can walk without serious pain, and I am watching the inputs to encourage the process. Hit 11 kgs down this morning, since November, very happy with that progress. I was tempted to do baked beans, but went for extra pumpkin instead. And kumara, cauli, potato, red onions, carrot, and a small beetroot...
Burp! Happiness is a good roast, but no doubt I will get sick of chook in a few days!