Roast Chicken and Vegetables Recipe - Mother Earth Living

Ingredients

• 2 large, whole, pastured chickens
• Olive oil, as needed
• Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 4 sprigs fresh rosemary, divided
• 2 medium lemons
• 4 large white or yellow onions
• 1 medium leek
• 1 pound white button or crimini mushrooms
• 1 head each: garlic, broccoli, cauliflower
• 1 each large eggplant and zucchini
• 3 bell peppers
• 1 to 2 each: celery roots (peeled), potatoes, rutabagas, sweet potatoes, turnips, winter squash (peeled and seeded)
• 2 to 3 each: beets, carrots, parsnips (woody cores removed), radishes
• 6 tablespoons butter (optional)
• 4 cups brown rice or quinoa