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Tuscan Inspired Lemon-Rosemary Chicken with Cannellini Beans & Roasted Squash-Arugula Salad

Tuscan Inspired Lemon-Rosemary Chicken with Cannellini Beans & Roasted Squash-Arugula Salad

There is a universal feeling of satisfaction with roasted chicken. The warm aromas that fill the kitchen while it cooks just feel like home. There are endless flavor combinations of vegetables, herbs and spices for roasting chicken – but  somehow this Tusccan-inspired lemon and rosemary variation end up on rotation in my kitchen more often than others.

A magical combination married with garlic and olive oil. You can develop deep flavors in this simple recipe. The cannellini beans are creamy and filling, and beautifully absorb the rosemary, garlic + lemon aromas. The kitchen will smell divine too.

Once the salad is made, serve with chicken with a nice glass of white wine. If you’re inspired by the rustic Tuscan flavors, try a nice Vermentino. Tuscany is known mainly for it’s red wines but there are lovely whites as well from the coastal regions known as “La Costa Toscana!”  According to the internet, “Vermentino should have an appealing sapidità, a difficult word to translate into English — “sapidity”. Essentially it should leave you wanting another taste, or indeed another glass.”

No arm twisting required here…

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Lemon-Rosemary-Garlic Chicken with Cannellini Beans

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Roasted Squash-Arugula Salad

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Musical Inspiration:

Andrea Bocelli, Melodramma (Vivere Live in Tuscany)