keep it simple

Travel is delightful, of course, but I am always happy to have real food in a real kitchen when I get home. For our first night home, J.'s birthday, I cut the backbone out of a nice chicken, covered it in hot red pepper flake, lemon zest and salt, and roasted it on top of these vegetables. Spicy sweet potatoes have made me happy recently. The roasting minded itself for the most part, while K. and I took a long walk in the late afternoon sun up to the reservoir to shake ourselves out from several days in the car. I used my huge new copper roasting pan for the first time, recently scored at goodwill, worked like a charm, practically my new best friend. I think it came out well, and there were enough greens in the garden for a salad again!