Honey Garlic Roast Chicken with Mash Potatoes and Salad

I don't know what's gotten into me lately. The thought came and I just acted on it.

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Last night after I came home from my night out with the girls, I had a thought of cooking dinner the next day - which is today. I remembered Su telling me that there were drumstick thighs in the freezer so I made a mental note to cook that for dinner. This morning when hubby kissed me good bye before he left work I told him blurry in my sleep but with a smile that I was going to cook dinner tonight. He thought I was talking in my sleep! :)

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I took out the drumstick thighs this morning when I woke up. Waited for it to defrost and started marinating the drumstick thighs with honey garlic sauce (left over from CNY), additional garlic and mixed herbs at about 3:30pm. I had another thought that since we had french fries too many rounds before this perhaps I should try to make mash potatoes this time instead and the first person to consult was of course, the Kitchen Goddess - Alina. :)

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I text her and since she was out, she referred me to one of her recipes in her blog (please check out http://alinagracekitchen.blogspot.com/ - great recipes there though I am too chicken to try them out myself). Ok, so I got it. And then I got confused by it, called her but she didn't answer, and then called Terri for help. So now, I get 2 recipes with the same ingredients but with pretty different methods to do it. So how now? I trusted my instincts.

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It was DELICIOUS!!! I absolutely loved it and hubby said it was tasty too!! (ok, ok.. I know that it is pretty easy to make mash potatoes but it is my first time ok!!!)

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So, this is how the preparation dish looked while waiting for the drumstick thighs to be roasted: -

All lined up - Fresh salad and the mash potatoes on the side

And this was when the drumstick thighs were still roasting in the oven: -

Preheated oven at 220 degree Celsius for 20 minutes and roasted for 20 minutes at same temperature.

And the result,

If you are wondering why I am only exploring roast chicken... hmm.. to be honest, I thought about this too... perhaps they are the easiest recipes to find the necessary ingredients. Honestly, I don't know myself. I did try fish the last time and must give credit to myself for that. Hubby said that I could try lamb or beef the next time. Hmm... good suggestions... but will I have the courage?

We'll see. :)