Bacon Wrapped Roasted Chicken

Hello my beautiful foodie friends!

I am coming to you tonight from a place of sunburn.  I laid out at the lake with my sister today, and enjoyed the beautiful sunshine.  Only 2 hours out there and grrrr. So if you could see me holding completely still only moving my fingers, it is kind of funny.  My husband will have a cow and I will get the "lecture" so I tip-toed with the aloe gel into the bathroom slathered up, and came back to the computer.  All is well...as long as you guys don't tell, I am good!

Last night I had the bacon cravin'.  And I ALWAYS want chicken.  Is anyone else as big of a chicken fanatic as I am?  I just love it.  I prefer it over any other meat.  Well, I take that back, I love a good bloody steak too.  Anyway, I digress.  It is this delicious meal that came out of my craving that I want to share with you all.  (omg, my shoulder itches, I can't itch it...it will be excruciating!)

Also, I finally got the Northwoods Seasoning from Penzey's Spices.  One of my readers, whose name I can not recall kept asking me if I had tried it.  Well I got some and thought this was a great time to see how I liked it!  Delicious!  If you haven't tried it, you are missing out!

Here is what you need to get out of the freezer, fridge, wherever you keep it!

Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts (however many you need)
1lb bacon
Penzey's Northwoods Seasoning (or any seasoning of your choice)
salt and pepper

Veggies - you can choose any you like, I used potatoes and carrots but you can use squash, zucchini, turnips, parsnips, celery root, eggplant, etc.  Cut into SMALL pieces.  This won't cook a really long time.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. 

Cut enough veggies for the amount of servings you need.  I used 4 potatoes and probably 6 carrots.  Cut into smallish pieces, your chicken will only bake for 40 minutes or so and you want your veggies cooked through.  Put them in the bottom of a 9x13 pan or casserole, salt and pepper and set aside.  Oh yea, add some Northwoods to them as well!  DELISH!

Take a piece of your chicken, sprinkle liberally with Northwoods seasoning or any seasoning you choose, and use 2 pieces of bacon to wrap it around the chicken.  Do this with all of your chicken and place on top of the bed of veggies!

Bake at 400 for approx 40-45 minutes or until your internal temp on the chicken is 165 degrees.  Cover for the first 20 minutes and uncover for the last.  

I know many of you love these one pot, one pan jobbers.  It would make a nice quick meal for a family on the go.  Prep veggies the night before and put in a baggie, same with chicken, through it together and in less than an hour, you have dinner!  

I hope you enjoy!!  

Your "chicken and bacon and sunburns oh my" chefwannabe

Chris