I grew up with my mom saying, “I’ll put a chicken in, it’s the easiest dinner!” There is a catch though – you have to be at home in time to put the oven on and put the chicken in! If the chicken is frozen, you need to have the forethought to thaw it.

So, chicken dinner is still my favourite, but it’s not the quickest think to make shortest cooking time. This night we had chicken dinner at 9pm. But oh, it was so good! This was a down home meal on regular dinnerware.

But why not give it a fancy feel of family dinners on my great-auntie Eileen’s Royal Albert China? (She would love this)

We did get cutlery on the table eventually – this was the really late dinner.

And VIOLA!!! Chicken dinners make chicken sandwiches and chicken soup when you boil those bones!! One little chicken can go a long ways, and somehow, it feels like the right thing to do – use it all and use it gratefully!

No recipe this time – just call your family, friends, or google. All the recipes are good – the ones with lemon and garlic in the cavity and squeezed on top just might be my favourite.