Rosemary Roasted Chicken with Garlic and Lemon and Pesto Mashed Potatoes

This was our first venture into real cooking and resulted from watching the 30 Minute Meals program on the Food Network. It came out absolutely fantastic and has inspired us to try all kinds of recipes since then. It’s actually two recipes (one for the chicken and one for the potatoes). Here’s they both are: Garlic Roast Chicken with Rosemary and Lemon Recipe Summary Difficulty: Easy Prep Time: 5 minutes Cook Time: 25 minutes Yield: 4 servings User Rating: 4 Stars Recipe located at: http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/cda/recipe_print/0,1946,FOOD_9936_28396_PRINT-RECIPE-FULL-PAGE,00.html\n\n\nPesto Mashed Potatoes Recipe Summary Difficulty: Easy Prep Time: 5 minutes Cook Time: 15 minutes Yield: 4 servings User Rating: 4 Stars Recipe located at: http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/cda/recipe_print/0,1946,FOOD_9936_28397_PRINT-RECIPE-FULL-PAGE,00.html\n\n\nHere are the ingredients we purchased: Sara preparing the garlic and rosemary: \n\nBoiling the red potatoes: Adding in the pesto to the potatoes: Baking the chicken:\n\n\n\nFinished potatoes: \n\nFinished chicken: Final Plating: Again, we highly recommend this recipe. It was really easy and tasted incredible with the lemon/garlic/rosemary/pesto flavors.