got chicken.

[colditz]

What shall I do with it? I fancy pasta, but with what?

Do you have a tin of chopped tomatoes and some onions?
If so, finely chop onions, cube chicken, fry chicken & onion, add chopped tomatoes, throw in some mixed herbs or parsley, basil and tarragon if you have any. Serve with pasta.

or mushrooms bacon and cream

cream, butter, bit of cornflour, black pepper, mushrooms? Possibly with a slosh of white wine?

or passata/chopped tomatoes, bit of chilli (fresh or powder), chopped peppers, and grated cheese on top?

Or mix up in a small pan: tomato puree, chopped spring onions, finely chopped onion, 1 small cup water, some creamed coconut, lemongrass if you have it, chopped ginger, chopped chilli, spoonful of sugar - boil until onions are soft. Chopped peppers/mushrooms/leeks good in this one too.

Or my favourite - boil chopped sweet potato and a cupful of red lentils until soft, mash up a bit until mainly smooth. Add 1 tbsp brown sugar, a large knob of butter, large pinch of salt, pinch of coriander (optional), large pinch of paprika (also optional) and a good slosh of cream. Mix up and add cooked chunks of chicken. It's lovely

beat you too it with teh mushrooms and cream Greensleeves

the last one is great with butter beans in it if you have any

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but bacon how banal

I don't have any cream. I bet evap would be heinous, yes?

Could I put frozen spinach in it?

I don't think it would be that bad, if you like the flavour of it usually. I would add black pepepr and tarragon, to "amend" the flavour a bit, but it would be nice IMO.

yes frozen spinach, but put it in when most of the cooking is already done and just stir it in gently until it's melted and heated through. If you put it in at the start it will disintegrate and you'll end up with something resembling cow vomit

I like it usually. I am desperate for black pepper too! Will get dp to pick some up on his way home. And some cream, actually.

Thanks for all the great ideas, I am always after ideas for chicken. I will go with the mushrooms and cream, because I have a passion for mushrooms, but I am sure I will use all these ideas at some point this week.

Have sloshed some rose and 4 cloves of garlic in there too.

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