Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner

“take a page from the french and serve roast chicken, mashed potatoes, and a simple salad with ice cream for dessert! roasting the whole chicken is a nice dinner party move but roasting chicken thighs and legs is even easier and kid-friendly. keep the salad truly simple with just one variety of lettuce dressed in a mustardy red wine vinaigrette. if mashing potatoes feels like too much work, layer thinly sliced potatoes underneath the chicken and cook it at the same time. extra points if you farm out part of the work to a guest, salad and ice cream being the easiest!”