Try & Tell Week 2- Roasted Garlic Chicken, Creamy Parmesan Mashed Potatoes

Last week, along with the Chocolate Coconut Cake, I also made a few other new recipes.  Both were delicious!  Here are the resluts:

Roasted Garlic Chicken With Vegetables-
I made this at the beginning of last week.  It was really good- however I changed the recipe a little from what was written.  Surprise, surprise!  I rarely follow a recipe exactly.  But, it called for 4 lbs of chicken.  My small family will not eat that much chicken!  Also, it called for 2 whole heads of garlic.  Now, don't get me wrong, I LOVE GARLIC!  But, 2 heads of garlic is an incredibly large amount.  So, I made it with onlyt chicken breasts and 5 cloves of garlic.  While this was cooking, my sister came over and said- "Wow!  What are you making with your garlic?"  It smelled pretty strong! 

Here's the recipe:

1 lb chicken breasts

salt

drizzle of olive oil

2 stalks of celery, diced

1-2 carrots, diced

4-5 cloves minced garlic

1 small onion, diced

1/2 red bell pepper, diced

1/4 c. chicken broth

1 Tbsp chopped fresh parsley

1 tsp fresh thyme

1 Tbsp fresh basil

1 tsp fresh rosemary

1 tsp fresh oregano

Place all of the chopped vegetables in the bottom of a casserole dish.  Layer chicken over vegetables, sprinkle with garlic and herbs.  Pour broth over the top.  Drizzle a small amount of olive oil over the top.  Cover tight with foil.  Bake in oven preheated to 350 degrees F. for 1 hour. 

I served this over rice and I loved it. 

The second recipe I just made last night with another kind of chicken- we eat chicken a lot!  It was from the Kraft Food & Family magazine.  I loved them & took seconds, and licked the bowl clean when they were gone- they were all eaten... I will be making them again soon- maybe tonight? 

Creamy Parmesan Mashed Potatoes

2 lbs potatoes cut into chunks (I left the peels on)

1 c. chicken broth

4 oz. cream cheese- cubed

1/2 c. sour cream

3 Tbsp parmesan cheese

salt & pepper

Boil the diced potatoes until they are tender- about 15 minutes.  Drain and add remaining ingredients.  Mash- I use a hand mixer.