Warm Up for Thanksgiving!

I wanted to make an easy cassoulet this week which calls for roasted chicken thighs, so tonight I had to make.....roasted chicken thighs! Thinking about sides for this I was drawn to Thanksgiving dinner inspiration! Lucky for me stuffing was on sale and I had veggies on hand.

Ingredients:

Boneless, skinless chicken thighs (my package had 5)
1 carrot chopped into 1 inch pieces
1 celery stalk chopped into 1 inch pieces
2 cloves garlic, smashed
3 slices lemon
3-5 sprigs of thyme and rosemary
olive oil
salt and pepper

Heat oven to 400°. Layer all ingredients on a baking sheet lined with foil. Drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Make foil into a packet and bake for 30 minutes.  Open foil packet and bake 15 more minutes. I served with individual casseroles of stuffing and veggies.

For dessert I made baked apples with raisins. Slice one large apple (or two) and mix with raisins, cinnamon, and sugar to taste. Butter inside of casseroles and layer apples mixing raisins in between layers. Bake at 400° along with dinner. Eric was very happy to have something sweet at the end of dinner!