Saturday, Sunday, Monday

Well, we just had a long weekend, one spent at home due to a combination of terrible weather and track works.

My plan has so far gone really well. On Saturday we had pizza's, using the left over beans from Friday. Of course pizza bases are a personal preference but I have had success with this base from Elegant Musings.

Sunday, we ended up having some friends over so I cooked up two chickens in an attempt to keep to the plan. No photos I'm afraid but I did try a new trick that I had seen in a cookbook. I put half a lemon into the cavity of each chicken. This gave the chicken a lovely delicate flavour, but I would not recommend using the meat juices in a gravy. The gravy had this odd flavour, and it was the lemon, while the chicken itself was delicate the meat juices had a very strong lemon flavour which was quite unpleasant.

Monday I used the left over chicken to make chicken and leek pot pies. These were very tasty, although I am a pastry fiend. Here is my recipe for the pie filling:

1 tablespoon butter

1 leek, sliced

3 gloves garlic, crushed

3 rashers bacon

Left over chicken meat

1 cup chicken stock

2 desert spoons cornflour

half a cup peas

salt and pepper

Fry the leek, garlic and bacon in the butter until the leek is soft. Add the chicken and the stock. Put the cornflour in a cup with about half a cup water and whisk with a fork until there are no lumps, add this to the pie mix. Add the peas and cook for a few more minutes. Put in pie dishes and cover with puff pastry. Cook in oven at 200 degrees until pastry is golden.

Enjoy!