Happy Monday after Thanksgiving!  Hope you all had a wonderful holiday :)

It was quiet here, but pleasant.  On Thursday, dad and I went to a local restaurant for dinner (we both had turkey).  I wound up bringing most of it home as the servings were more than generous.  On Friday, Myria and I had our own little celebration with Myria’s awesome rosemary/garlic chicken - one of our favorites and something we hadn’t had in quite a while :) It’s a very simple preparation - all you need is a roasting chicken (5.5 - 7 lbs), some fresh rosemary and some garlic cloves. 

We get the rosemary in a little packet in the produce section of the supermarket, the garlic too for that matter :) How much garlic is entirely up to you but we usually use two whole bulbs.

Peel the garlic cloves and rinse the rosemary and the chicken in fresh, cold water.  Now, as gently as you can, push the rosemary sprigs and the garlic cloves under the chicken skin.  Do this all over the bird until all your herbs are used up. 

Place the chicken in a 5 quart crock pot (see, it does get used for something besides dyeing once in a while!) and set on low for a couple of hours.  Move the setting to high for the next 5 - 6 hours and - just as if you were cooking this in the oven - the chicken is done when the little timer pops up :) This is incredibly yummy and you won’t believe how good your kitchen will smell :)

We had rice and asparagus with this and it was an awesome feast!  In fact (pardon me while I drool), we have leftovers in the fridge that I will probably raid this afternoon!

I have finished the entrelac shawl, by dint of exclusive work Saturday and Sunday - but I am having a difficult time writing the pattern.  Rest assured I will manage it, but it’s rather slow going at the moment.  Entrelac isn’t difficult to do, but it’s a bloody bear to explain :)

The pattern’s coming - I promise :)