Curry Roasted Carrots

Roasted carrots are probably one of my favorite roasted vegetables.  Well, just about any roasted veggies are good, you can't go wrong oven roasting them and it couldn't be any easier!  I love how when you roast carrots in the oven they become sweet and they turn out oh-so-delicious.  I have never been a huge curry fan, but tossing carrots in in curry powder and roasting them has become my go to veggie for weekend dinners.  Quick, easy, sweet and savory at the same time!

Oven Roasted Garlic: A DARLING Appetizer!

It is no secret that I am a lover of all things garlic.  Oven roasted garlic has to be one of the easiest and yummiest appetizers out there.  You look totally fancy serving it on your cheese plate and it is seriously melt in your mouth delicious.  When the garlic is roasted in the oven it becomes sweet and tender.  Make sure you make a lot of them because they will be the popular item in your appetizer spread!

Oven Roasted Chicken Quarters (super crispy skin!) in a White Wine Chicken Gravy

I am always looking for new ways to cook chicken.  I usually tend to gravitate to the boneless, skinless chicken breasts but I saw what was called a "grill pack" of chicken quarters at the grocery store and decided to give it a try.  It had 2 breasts with rib meat on the bone with the skin, and 3 legs/thighs on the bone with the skin in it.  Frankly it was just a massive amount of chicken that I had no business in trying to cook!  I ended up only cooking the 2 breast pieces and one leg piece (because that was all I could fit in the pan I was using).  This chicken was packed full of flavor, moist, had a delicious crispy skin (my favorite part) and also makes a white wine chicken gravy or sauce to pour over it (ok and to pour over the potatoes I had along with it).  

Crispy Skin Whole Oven Roasted Chicken, in the Dutch Oven!

There is nothing worse than getting one of those rotisserie chickens from the grocery store and taking a bite of it to find the skin is all soggy and slimy and the chicken breast is tough and dry.  Such a disappointment!  So I decided it was about time to learn how to make a whole roasted chicken for myself.  And oh my goodness, it was so easy and it turned out perfect!  The skin was crispy and the meat was so incredibly juicy!  The best part was that it was seriously so easy to make, anyone can do it!

Oven Roasted Red Potatoes

Words cannot describe how much I LOVE these potatoes!  I mean I am a potato-aholic, I haven't met a potato I don't like!  But these are so low maintenance to make and so incredibly flavorful thats it's hard not to make these every night!  I love me some garlic, especially when it cooks in the oven for a long time and becomes all sweet and delicious, and this potato recipe combines but garlic and potatoes!  You can't beat that! These are like the perfect side dish to like um EVERYTHING!