Did you know that a size 14 chicken only takes an hour and a half to cook in the oven?? So why not a roast chicken on a Monday? I usually do a whole clove of garlic mashed into olive oil flavoured with Old Bay seasoning, pepper and garlic-herb salt. Two hefty wedges of butter are inserted into each breast, just under the skin. I don’t normally do gravy, but since I’m having rice for this one, I’ve kept the juices and spiked it with a few lashings of Maggi seasoning.

Ugh, the gym is starting to smell (uhm, from the people working out) because the temperature is a bit warmer.

Spring is in full swing.

Rice and chicken take-away meals at the supermarket! (we live a part of Auckland where the ethnicity is partial to rice).