There are also 2 days of fast (and fasting in Jewish tradition mean *real* fasting: no eating or drinking for the period of the fast):  One, Tzom Gedaliah, is a minor fast we had last Monday.  The second, a major fast, is Yom Kippur – the Day of Atonement, which will start this evening till tomorrow evening.

These fasts in now way cover up for all the calories we gain during all the holidays.  For today, the day before Yom Kippur, it is even considered a mitzva (a good deed) to eat.

Anyway, I wanted to share today the way I roasted chicken for this last weekend, a very simple recipe that came out delicious:

One thing that you may have discovered already is that in order to not get the chicken pieces dried up when roasted in the oven, it is best to first have them boiled in water (but not for too long, so they will not get too mushy), and then fry them with a little oil.  This way the inside of the chicken remains soft even after roasting.

I usually also throw in a few potatoes with the chicken casserole.  To be sure these potatoes will cooked enough I boil them too for about 10 minutes before they go into the oven.

After boiling everything I put it all in a casserole (you can add also a few other vegetables, as carrots and squash), added some oil, red wine, garlic chips, black pepper, salt, a few drops of lemon juice and chicken barbecue seasoning. I put it in the oven for an hour, and voila! – a wonderful meal for almost no work at all.