As promised, yet another clever and tasty recipe from Radically Simple, an outstanding cook book by Rozanne Gold.  A moist, roast chicken made special with the addition of a creamy and savory mixture of goat cheese, fresh lavender and basil—pureed until smooth and then stuffed underneath the skin of the chicken.  Once roasted the cheese-mixture not only flavors the chicken, but helps the chicken stay super moist as it cooks. A very Provencal combination of flavors that that would also be an outstanding stuffing for a thick pork chop or even a turkey tenderloin.

(To view this recipe, click on the following link: https://books.google.com/books?id=oRzoxmRkRokC&pg=PA201&lpg=PA201&dq=Chicken+with+Goat+Cheese,+Basil+and+Lavender%27&source=bl&ots=fCjYDTAFLD&sig=6SaHn7Jnjh_PYfKPj_wpEegavBM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=P5FfVdiwDce0oQSthIO4BQ&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Chicken%20with%20Goat%20Cheese%2C%20Basil%20and%20Lavender’&f=false*)

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