“If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship,
he would keep it in port forever”
Thomas Aquinas

Clearly not in port unlike me!

Would like port in me mind.
Any suggestions?

I'm feeling a bit like the ship in the picture today. Listing in a storm! Must be the weather or a full moon. Watched John Torode in Argentina a real treat. Slight meat overload but I recommend it on the BBC i player if you missed it. Back to basic grilling and barbecuing but meat look great.

Might have to do a vegetarian dish tomorrow!

So just a simple snack for a mid-week meal in the recipe below. Calls for a big bowl of salad to accompany it. You can eat this a la Homer Simpson, shovelling it in as you watch BGT.

Chicken in a White Wine & Cream Sauce

with Garlic Mushrooms

For 2-3 persons

1 Onion, finely chopped
2 cloves of Garlic
500g Chicken, cut into pieces
50g Plain Flour
300ml Double Cream
175ml White wine
1 Chicken stock-cube or 100ml chicken stock
300g Pasta
For the mushrooms:
200g Mushrooms
2 cloves of Garlic

Boil a pan of water, add the pasta I used penne and cook as per the packet's instructions usually 15 minutes.
Soften the garlic and onions in a small amount of oil and add the chicken pieces, cooking for 7-10 minutes.
Add the flour and mix in, then add the white wine and chicken stock then reduce to a ¼ of the amount of liquid.
Add the cream and season, simmer for 10 minutes.
Just before serving melt the butter in a frying pan, then add the garlic and mushrooms. Cook for 3 minutes while draining the pasta.
Serve the chicken on top of the pasta and garnish with the drained mushrooms.

Missed Opportunity to add some protein to the pasta he should have turned up earlier.