Welcome to Spring! I don’t know about you, but this is so my favorite time of year. Everything is bursting with color and the birds are twitterpated. Time to plant. Well, it would be, but it’s still a little cold in Memphis and the danger of frost isn’t quite past. But, in a week or so, it will be time and I can’t wait.
I used to have a huge garden, but I have downsized. Now I grow herbs in large pots to satisfy my green thumb. And my favorite one is rosemary. It is hardy, it grows like a weed, and it is delicious. I buy the small plants and move them into a larger home and they spread out in a very short time. Here is one of my favorite recipes because it’s simple and it’s dinner in one pot:
Chicken with Rosemary
4 chicken thighs with skin
4 drumsticks
1 large white onion
Bag of small yukon gold potatoes (those little bags)
1 Tablespoon of olive oil
½ cup water
2 large zucchinis
6 sprigs of rosemary
Pepper to taste
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Slice onion into bottom of a cast iron frying pan. Add water. Then slice potatoes and zucchini and layer on top of onion. Add pepper. Drizzle with olive oil. Spread rosemary on top. Then arrange chicken on top of rosemary.
Bake for an hour and a half uncovered or until chicken skin is brown and crisp.
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Thank you so much for the recipe, I love rosemary on chicken and grow my own herbs as well:) Our Spring here in Northern Ontario should have arrived by now but Mother Nature is not cooperating! lol I was in Memphis 2 years ago to visit everything to do with Elvis Presley and fell in love with your city:) You are a new to me author so I will definitely check out your books!! Carole Burant (carole_57@hotmail.com)
Thanks so much!
That recipe sounds lovely. I never think to do rosemary with chicken, even though I love it everytime I do have it.
I always love putting fresh herbs in my recipes.
Thanks for sharing the chicken recipe. I can’t wait to try this one.
sounds tasty
Thank you for sharing your recipe it looks really good. chevygirl901@gmail.com
Thank you.
Recipe sounds delish. Thx for sharing.
Thank you ^_^ I like to do beef roast with rosemary. laceyjanewaters@gmail.com
That sounds good!
I’ve never developed a taste for rosemary, but I have been contemplating growing some, so I guess I will have to try this recipe. Thanks for sharing. elewkf1 at yahoo dot com
This recipe sounds delicious. I think my family would love it! Thanks for the giveaway. jeanna_massman(at)hotmail.com
The recipe sounds delicious! We eat a lot of chicken in our house and I’m always looking for different ways to fix it. Thanks for the opportunity to win!
Sounds good but I don’t eat meat
You could just do it with vegetables.
wonderful recipe. I am always looking for new chicken recipes
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I so want to read payback!! My poor bank account is going to suffer after this hop lol, i added so many books to my tbr pile