My favourite roasted chicken recipe

This is probably one of my all time favourite meals now. I used this recipe and added fennel to it and oh my goodness, it was incredible. It's good all on its own but the first time I made it I also mashed potatoes with dill and steamed carrots on the side. As fantastic as it tastes the first day, it is even better the next day when the onion and fennel soften and caramelize further. It is so aromatic, it makes the whole house smell good. :)

Quasi Stew? I don't know...

I threw some stuff together, not entirely sure it was going to taste any good but it turned out pretty well. My partner raved about it so I'll make sure I make it again sometime soon!

4 potatoes, cubed
1 onion, diced
2 carrots, sliced
2 pork sausages (farmer's market buy)

The potatoes were boiled and the carrots were steamed. The onions were sauteed around the sausages. I threw it all into a casserole dish, seasoned it with salt, pepper, thyme and oregano and put it in the oven for 15 min at 350F.

Tuna Casserole

When I was a little girl my parents worked different shifts - my father worked the afternoon shift and my mother worked the day shift. For as long as I can remember my father has been the cook of the house - my mother rarely cooked if my father was around. During the week though, when it was time for dinner and we were on our own, my mother would make one of three meals. Dinner was either Kraft Dinner, Rice-a-roni and some kind of meat, or tuna casserole. As a child I HATED tuna casserole. I have memories of my mother nearly having to force feed it to me. Then, years later when I was a teenager, I started really enjoying tuna and wouldn't you know it, my mother would rarely ever make it. Oh well... Anyway, I decided to forgo the Tuna Helper mix and made it from scratch the other night. Oh how I've missed homemade tuna casserole. I made enough for about four servings but it was so good we ate it all.

Pretty simple to throw together:

Pasta of choice
2 cans of tuna
1 onion, chopped
1/2 green pepper, diced
1/2 cup mushrooms, chopped
2-3 tbsp butter
2 tbsp flour
2 cups milk
Salt and pepper to taste
Cheese of choice shredded over top
350F for 20 - 25 min.