• 1 Chicken
• thyme
• basil
• lemon
• 2 parsnips
• 3 yams
• 1 large beet
• 8 carrots
• 2 boxes o’ rice a-roni
• 8 cloves garlic

Start the box o’ rice a-roni cooking according to instructions and throw away the spice packet. Spice it yourself with thyme and basil and lots of garlic. Dice a cup or so of carrots and throw in. Stuff the chicken with the prepared rice and rub thyme and lemon between the skin and the flesh.

Slice the yams, beet, parsnips and remaining carrots and create a bed for the chicken in a roasting dish.  Pile the rest up around the chicken.  Bake the entire covered dish for one hour.