Honey Lavender Chicken

• 1 tablespoon thyme
• 1 tablespoon rosemary
• 1 tablespoon + extra lavender
• 1/2 cup honey
• 1 1/2 teaspoons marjoram
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 shallot, minced
• 1 bag of baby carrots
• 1/4 cup aged balsamic vinegar
• 1 whole roasting chicken (chicken pieces, or smaller poultry such as a poussin, quail or cornish hen)

1. - Season roaster with salt and pepper. Cut slits into skin and stuff with extra lavender blossoms
2. - add raw carrots to bottom of roasting pan
3. - roast @350 for 1/2 hour
4. - meanwhile put rest of ingredients in a non-reactive bowl and mix
5. - after first 30 minutes, baste chicken with mixture, making sure to get inside slits under skin.
6. - continue to baste as the chicken cooks

thyme, rosemary, honey, marjoram, garlic, shallot, carrots, aged balsamic vinegar, chicken

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/honey-lavender-chicken-50136292 (may not work)