Easy yummy Lemon-Spiced Chicken...Even hubby likes it!!

" Go thy way, eat thy food, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works" -Ecclesiastes 9:7

Now, I don't know about you, but it is a real challenge for me to find new dinner ideas with a picky husband like mine. Many of my close friends who know my hubby have said they just wouldn't be able to handle it.

Now I do have to give him some credit, at least he TRIES most things that I make which is better than nothing. Because of this, on more than one occasion I've been able to have him eat things he never thought he would like, or even things he had only tried in his childhood and decided he didn't like. So that's a plus, I guess, lol.

Now, I was given a book on our wedding day, "The Newlywed's Cookbook".

I have tried a couple recipes in there. The Lemon Spiced Chicken on page 134 was a hit with both my little boy and my hubby. Hubby even asks me once in a while if I can make it for dinner. We had it last night and I thought I should share.

I usually triple the recipe as we like having lots of sauce and we also pour some over our rice. You don't actually need to marinate the chicken in it overnight. Just put it together and throw it in the oven. Also, we tried white rice, but it just didn't do it for some reason. The best has been our Organic Long Grain Brown Rice. This is also amazing on BBQ if you've marinated the pieces.

JUST Delicious!!

Lemon-Spiced Chicken

8-16 chicken pieces (preferably skin-on thighs)

• 1/3 extra virgin olive oil
• freshly squeezed juice of 2 lemons
• 1 tbsp ground cumin
• 1 tsp sweet smoked Spanish paprika (any paprika is good enough)
• 1/2 tsp hot red pepper flakes
• 1 tsp dried oregano
• a small bunch of thyme sprigs, fresh or dried
• 2 tsp coarse sea salt
• 1 tsp coarsely ground black pepper

Put the thighs in baking dish (skin up). Pour the mixture over top, make sure every piece got some sauce on it. Put it in the oven uncovered for 50-60 minutes @ 400F, or until skin nicely browned and chicken cooked through.

Bon Appétit !!!