Make It Monday: Roasted Chicken and Potatoes

It's Make-It-Monday with another mouth-tingling meal. This recipe from McCormick uses rosemary, an herb indigenous to the Mediterranean. Rosemary has a warm, peppery aroma and a piney flavor with hints of nutmeg. Its strong flavor imparts both sweet and savory notes to food and works well in a variety of dishes.

Rosemary is known for its disease preventing and health promoting properties. Its essential oils have heart benefits with anti-inflammatory, anti-allergic, anti-fungal and anti-septic properties. Rosemary leaves provide 131 calories per 100g -- and contain no cholesterol. Do you know what foods spices go with?

Here's roasted chicken and potatoes seasoned with aromatic rosemary, paprika and minced garlic. Serve with green beans for an easy to prepare, nutritious meal.

It's chicken, potatoes and green beans. What could be better for dinner? It's smothered in one of natures magic herbs. Fresh. Healthy. Yummy. Here is an easy to make meal that is fragrant and absolutely delicious. It lives up to its reputation and more.

Roasted Chicken and Potatoes with Rosemary
Serves 4

1 1/3 tablespoons olive oil
1 1/3 teaspoons McCormick® Paprika
1 teaspoons McCormick® Rosemary Leaves
2/3 teaspoon McCormick® Garlic, Minced
1/3 teaspoon McCormick® Black Pepper, Coarse Ground
2/3 teaspoon salt
4 bone-in chicken thighs, skin removed (about 2 pounds)
1 pound small red potatoes, cut into 1-inch cubes

Preheat oven to 425°F. Mix oil and seasonings in large bowl. Add chicken and potatoes; toss to coat well. Arrange chicken and potatoes in single layer on foil-lined 15x10x1-inch baking pan sprayed with no stick cooking spray.

Roast 30 minutes or until chicken is cooked through and potatoes are tender, turning potatoes occasionally. Serve hot with cooked green beans and a cold beverage.

Nutritional Information (amount per serving)
Calories 264; Carbohydrates 19g; Cholesterol 64mg; Fiber 3g; Sodium 461mg; Fat 12g; Protein 20g

Rosemary Nutrition: According to Nutrition-and-You.com, the rosemary herb is exceptionally rich in many B-complex vitamin groups, such as folic acid, pantothenic acid, pyridoxine, riboflavin, as well as vitamin A, C and iron. Whether fresh or dried, rosemary herbs are a rich source of minerals like potassium, calcium, iron, manganese, copper, and magnesium. Potassium is an important component of cell and body fluids, which helps control heart rate and blood pressure.

* Sources: McCormick & Company, Nutrition and You

McCormick & Company is a Fortune 1000 company that manufactures spices, herbs, and flavorings for retail, commercial, and industrial markets.

Cholesterol is an essential substance for the body's normal function, but when cholesterol levels in the blood get too high, it becomes a silent killer that puts the body at risk for heart attack. There are two types of cholesterol. Good (HDL) and Bad (LDL). You want to know your limit before you eat another bite of food.