Roasted Lemon Garlic Organic Chicken Dinner

Simple, Easy and Delicious - Lemon Garlic Roasted Chicken 

Well the other day I decided I that wanted to make a chicken for a nice Sunday dinner. I picked up a 4lb one at Wegmans and once I got to home I realized, I had never in all of my days of cooking made a chicken. I had done turkeys but never a chicken. I was hoping it was the same thing and it was so I was all good but at first I was worried I didn't know how to make it. Hence my confused look in the top left picture. I used a glass roasting pan and covered it with foil for the first 60 minutes and uncovered it for the last 20 so it could get brown. 

Ingredients

1 whole chicken - I prefer organic - we did 4 lbs and that was fine for our family of 3

2 lemons 

4 cloves of garlic

Olive oil

Fresh rosemary 

Organic chicken broth - again this could be non organic if you prefer

Pink Himalayan sea salt. 

Black pepper

Directions 

Preheat to over to the temp that the packaging suggests

Rinse chicken to remove the fluid it had from the packaging. 

Pat dry with paper towels

Using a basting brush apply olive oil all over the bird on both sides.

Season with salt & pepper

In the cavity of the bird pour a bit of chicken broth in it as well as pour some into the pan - just enough to cover the bottom

Also inside the cavity of the bird add in two peeled cloves of garlic as well as 3 small slices of lemon 

On the outside of the bird squeeze 3 - 4 more slices of lemon over the bird as well as crush 2 cloves of garlic and spread over the back of the bird 

I put some sprigs of fresh rosemary from my garden on the outside of the bird as well as inside

Mine needed to cook for 90 minutes in the oven. 

It fell off the bone and was very moist. I believe you could also do this in the crock pot if you wanted to start it in the morning it would be tender by dinner time. We enjoyed green beans and cous cous with ours. 

Perfect for the upcoming fall! Enjoy! 

Turkey Lettuce Wraps

Turkey Lettuce Wraps

The 21 day fix extreme has some really easy fun new recipes in that that come along with the meal plan guide book. This recipe was one of them! They tasted great. I added the cheese and a little bit of guacamole for extra flavor! Even though these look really pretty I decided to cut it up like a salad after trying and failing at eating them like a wrap. I don't think I was rolling them the right way. None the less they still hit the spot! The recipe called for tomato sauce but I skipped it. 

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 lbs raw 93% lean ground turkey
• 1 tsp. garlic powder
• 1 tsp ground cumin
• 1/2 tsp sea salt
• 1 tsp. chili powder
• 1 tsp paprika
• 1/2 tsp. dried oregano
• 1/2 medium onion, finely chopped
• 1/2 green bell pepper, finely chopped
• 3/4 cup water
• 6 large lettuce leaves, washed and dried
• 1 medium tomato, chopped

Directions 

• Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium heat.  Add turkey; cook stirring frequently for 5 minutes or until no longer pink.
• Add garlic powder, cumin, salt, chili powder, paprika, and oregano; mix well. 
• Add onion and bell pepper, cook stirring frequently for 4 to 5 minutes, or until onion is translucent. Add in the water and diced tomatoes 
• Once your finished cooking everything serve on a fresh leaf lettuce. I topped mine with some cheddar cheese and a little dollop of guacamole.