So.... I Cooked a Chicken Roast for the First Time

Recently I embarked on the challenge of cooking my first chicken Roast....

Now I know you are probably  thinking 'how has she never cooked a roast chicken when she considers herself a foodie?' Well I will tell you, quite simply;  I've discovered that I am not a fan of cooking meat on bones. Anything I have cooked as of lately (in the past year or two) was either of breast or steak form, sans bones. I'm just not a huge bone in meat kinda gal. However I have cooked a roast before, a lamb rack roast to be exact. Although as there is not that much meat on the rack, and I had thought I cooked enough vegetables to compensate for this but it turns out my other half was still hungry at the end of it despite being a good feed (mainly of vegetables). I have also assisted my darling mother cook many a roast and also chowed down on a good few hundred (I think!) of them in my time, so I thought to myself 'It. Is. Time.'

I will not bore you with the details of my cooking process as most of you may have cooked a chicken roast before but all I want to tell you is that it was PHENOM. Really moist, full of flavour, and tastiness.  The chicken itself was brought from a Tesco supermarket, flavoured already with parsley sea salt and pepper and filled with a pork, onion and sage stuffing. I really could not have done better myself (although - the challenge is noted!) My vegetables consisted of roasted potatoes (golden brown with the perfect crunch), sweet potato, carrots and parsnip. I also cooked minted peas and even made gravy. Yes I went ALL out and it was FAN-TAS-TIC.

I was so impressed with myself I even had to snap some photo evidence:

And I can say one of the best things about a homemade roast is that there is usually leftovers when cooking for a smaller group. Leftovers are brilliant.

Domestic Goddess Phase One Complete... until next time Roast Chicky!