Oven-Baked Drumsticks & Eggplant

I'm so totally addicted to the oven!

This is for dinner. I made oven-baked drumsticks but I did not measure the ingredients used for marinating. Just add everything until most drumsticks are covered but do not add too much black pepper and lemon pepper.

This recipe was adapted from

http://gimmesomeoven.com/lemon-garlic-thyme-drumsticks/

INGREDIENTS:

• 6 chicken drumsticks (about 1.5 lbs.), rinsed
• 3 Tbsp. olive oil
• zest and juice of one lemon (about 1 Tbsp. zest, 2 Tbsp. juice)
• 4 garlic cloves, minced (about 2 tsp.)
• 1 tsp. dried thyme
• coarse salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

1. Defrost drumsticks and clean with salt.
2. Marinate with olive oil, 1 minced garlic, thyme leaves, sea salt, black pepper, lemon pepper and lemon juice from a quarter piece of lemon. Cover and let sit for 2 hours.
3. Preheat oven at 375F.
4. Arrange drumsticks on sprayed baking sheet. Bake for 50 minutes.

Some garlic pieces burnt but you can easily scrape them off.

I also made oven-baked eggplant with cheese and leftover bacon.

1. Wash eggplant, slice into 1/2 inch thick and arrange on sprayed baking sheet.
2. Sprinkle olive oil, cheddar cheese and bacon cut into tiny bits on top of eggplant.
3. Bake for 30 minutes at 375F.

Some part of the eggplant may look dry and uncooked but it is fully cooked.

I baked both drumsticks and eggplant together then removed the eggplant at 30 minutes.