a Delia moment

For those of you who were readers of Mocha-Choca you'll know that I would quite often talk about what I was cooking up for tea. This is mainly because I LOVE FOOD. And those of you who know me well know that I also spend a great deal of time eating. So I've had a Delia moment and am blogging upstairs whilst my chicken casserole cooks itself downstairs. I've eaten a lot of casserole. But in my 32 years of life have never attempted to make it before. So today was the day. I had to borrow a casserole dish from my ma as I didn't have the correct receptacle. I've broken with convention and not followed a recipe, I've basically thrown lots of things into the dish and look forward to the end result.

So for those of you who want to try Casserole a la Claire, here's what I put in it:
red onion
leek
carrot
parsnip
courgette
chicken (obviously, it being a chicken casserole and all)
covered it all with boiling water and a veggie stockcube
liberal sprinklings of rosemary and mixed herbs
salt and black pepper it up
et voila, Casserole a la Claire
serve up with mashed potato (yumness) and some sprouts and there you have your 5-a-day all blended into one dish of yummy goodness.

As far as I can see the only flaw to the casserole cooking is that you have to wait 1 and a half to 2 hours for it all to cook. Mind you, having said that, it's all that slow cooking that makes it so blimmin' flavoursome. Mmmm-mmmm, yummy scrummy.

Thus endeth the casserole sermon. Over and out x