A proper dinner!

[Diflower]

We haven't had many decent meals this week - last night was (very nice, bargain Pizza express) pizza, Friday we'd been out for lunch so I had a fish finger sarnie, he had a fried egg one

I'd cleared room in the freezer so we could get 3 of the W/rose chickens for a tenner. I've got some of their profits on that, they're all meant to be 1.2kg - this one's 1.8 No wonder people undercook them!

So it's nearly done. There was the end of a pack of butter so I mashed it with lots of fresh thyme, garlic, lemon zest and stuffed it under and over the skin
The halved new pots would have gone in the same tray but the chicken filled it so they're in a separate one but with juice from the chook plus more lemon juice.
Then W/rose had a pack of tenderstem brocolli with fine beans reduced to 85p so am about to steam them, then mix into the potatoes and juices There's a courgette, I might add that...
Can you smell it from there?

[saundra]

I not only can smell it I can ftast it enjoy it

[tonicha]

Not quite Di

[Nanna]

Yum yum

[Diflower]

It was very very yum yum

[JoM]

That does sound really lovely! What a bargain on the chickens too!

[Diflower]

Those chickens are well worth it Jo, they're all labelled 1.2kg, and £4.39 each, so 3 for £10 is brilliant.
When we have freezer space I've realised it's the best way to buy chickens, and just go through the shelf picking each one up - it's easy to pick the heaviest and seems silly not too

It's annoying that they usually have these hard plastic outers, so to get them in the freezer I have to take them out, wrap in clingfilm and then in a bag. If the date's long enough we're quite happy to keep a second in the fridge and cook two in a week

[JoM]

You wouldn't get 3 at that size in Aldi for £10! I wish we had a Waitrose near to us, the nearest is in Lichfield and even then it's quite a way out of town

[Diflower]

Exactly!
I wouldn't want to have to do a whole weekly shop there but if you pick and choose you can get some lovely stuff

[Kaz]

Yummmm any left over for a nice sarnie?