Chicken, Chorizo and Chick Pea Chadli

Ingredients 

I medium onion chopped (I use frozen)

Chorizo ring, sliced

Garlic (I use the stuff in the tube)

500g fresh chicken cubed (I usually use skinless, boneless thighs but its breast in the picture.

2 spoons dried mixed herbs

1 tin of check peas, drained

chopped tomatoes (Fresh is best, I use liquidised tinned or boxed)

1. Fry the onions in olive oil until soft and light brown.  
2. Add the garlic and sliced chorizo for a few mins.
3. Add the cubed chicken and fry until the chicken is cooked.
4. Add the dried herbs and tomato and then the drained chick peas.  
5. Cook on low heat for 20 mins (or put in the oven for 20 mins)

onions, garlic, chorizo

add the herbs 

The Great Ickenham Bake Off

A while ago I agreed to look after Georgie (7) and Mattie  (10), my niece and nephew, overnight so Alison and Tony (sister and husband) could go to a wedding in darkest Surrey.  Mattie had been invited to a sleepover at a friend's so it was turned out to be just Georgie and me for 26 hours, what on earth would we do to fill in the time?
Georgie is no culture vulture and she doesn't like shopping (go figure) so we settled on some sewing and baking.
The sewing was not a roaring success because of a missing piece of the sewing machine but baking seemed to hit the spot.  I put the slightly flat nature of our scones down to the the flour expiration date of Dec 2012 but adding a pack of baking powder to the cake seemed to do the trick.  Georgie did a detailed design plan incorporating a yellow star, pink clouds and carefully positioned blackberries we had picked earlier in the day (you can just about make it out in the picture) which we followed rather faithfully.
It's true that children can be irritating sometimes but at other times they restore your faith in the human being and help you to understand the purpose of all that breathing out and in.   Thanks Georgie, I really enjoyed myself and look forward to repeating the experience with slightly newer flour.