Roast Chicken with Vegetables/AJ's Chicken

Look at that tasty bird!

Sunday's dinner was roasted chicken with vegetables.

Ingredients:

1- 3 to 4 lb whole chicken (preferably without added hormones or sodium solutions)

1 medium yellow onion cut in half

1/4 stick melted unsalted butter

Salt and pepper to taste

1/4 teaspoon dried thyme

5 small to medium red potatoes cut in half

2 medium yellow onions cut in quarters

6 carrots cut in 2 inch pieces

2 parsnips (optional) cut in 2 inch pieces

1 and 1/2 sticks melted unsalted butter

Preheat oven to 400 degrees

Needed: Roasting pan with rack

Rinse chicken and pat dry with paper towels

Place chicken on rack in roasting pan

Cut 1 onion in half, season with salt and pepper and stuff inside chicken

Massage 1/4 stick melted butter onto skin of chicken

Salt and pepper to taste

Sprinkle skin with thyme

Melt remaining butter

Put cut potatoes, carrots, onions, and parsnips into a large bowl

Season with salt and pepper

Pour melted butter over all ingredients and stir to coat

Place coated vegetables in the bottom of roasting pan

Roast at 400 degrees for 15-20 minutes then turn down heat to 350 degrees

Roast until done, approximately 1.5 hours

No Corn Syrup Please!

First some background information about us. Our names are Wayne and Olya Shepard. We currently live in Arizona with our three little dogs.

Tobi is a 13 year old Pekingese. He is a little grumpy at times but as long as thing go his way he is a pleasure to live with. We adopted him 5 years ago.

Timmy is a terrier mix who is approximately 5 years old. He is kind of stupid and does things that make everyone mad. We adopted him in 2005 in Las Vegas.

Henry is a 3 year old Pekingese. He was adopted December 5, 2005 in Tucson, AZ. He, along with 66 of his brothers and sisters, were taken from his original owner who was a hoarder.

In late 2006 , Olya received a copy of the book, "Ultrametabolism" by Dr. Mark Hyman. After reading it cover to cover several times, we decided to put this information into action. It was at this time that we cut processed food from our diet. If it had corn syrup as an ingredient it didn't belong in our bodies. That's not the only thing we gave up, but it was a great beginning.

After honing our cooking skills during the last year, we have both become quite proficient in the kitchen. Our goal is to show the world what great meal we are preparing.