Not cooking tonight

Sometimes a great meal doesn't really take any hard work or cooking.  Or I should say very little cooking.  This works great when it is nice out and you can enjoy dinner out on your patio or porch.  So here is what we had, some olives, heirloom tomatoes with a little olive oil (got some balsamic reduction there as well), a baguette, a couple of lamb sausages (cooked!), anchovies and some smoked mozzarella and some stinky soft cheese of your choice.  A few lettuce leaves to wrap this and that in and you are all set.  Most of these sorts of things, of a decent quality, you can find at most snooty type grocery stores.  sometimes it is a nice treat to go t whole pay check, I mean whole foods, and get some treats.  

Well, all set except a meal like this needs some great wine.  We had a Bell Syrah Block 6 for this lovely repast.

Roast Chicken

Roast Chicken, who doesn't love it?  But you know what Mr. Choppy loves better?  All the great veggies that are cooking underneath it!  I know, I'm surprised myself.  But the only way you can get that great flavor in the veggies is to cook a chicken on top of them!  There is something about the chicken fat, the olive oil, salt and pepper, and the caramelization of the carrots that gets in my blood sometimes and I fire up the stove and cook this.  I know most of the things I've put on this blog so far are asian or Hispanic, but this is pretty darn easy so lets give it a try.