day : 21/06/2015 3 results

Stuffed Baked Chicken Breast

Moist, tasty and looks good despite it's simplicity.  Ingredients: 2 thick chicken breast slices 4 slices of Parma ham 1 small onion, chopped 1 clove garlic, chopped 4 button mushrooms, chopped Parsley, pinch of salt, freshly ground black pepper. Preheat oven to 180 So flatten the chicken slices, lay them on top of Parma ham and put aside. Blitz the other ingredients then sauté for a few mins. Cool then add roughly 25g of cream cheese or a heaped spoon of Greek yoghurt, mix well ...

Smoke, impellers, fridge in a sulk..what next? Engine out tomorrow..

So I said the Ionian was somewhere over there? Hmm and there it will stay for a few days. Yesterday getting ready to come into Marina di Leuca I was leaping around with lines and noticed smoke (steam) coming out from the starboard exhaust. Quick run to other side and no, nothing there plus more water coming out. Alerted the Boss who has spent past couple of hours trapped in the engine. It's most likely the impeller (yes we have a spare and a spare for the spare..) but wow, whoever designs boats ...

Little Tips

If you have a cat or dog onboard, get one of these window wipers. Simply sweep across the wooden floors and all the shed hairs are in one place, easy them to vacuum or sweep into dustpan. Quick too although tommy hasn't worked out how to use it yet..    My best friends in the cleaning department undoubtedly have to be baking powder and lemon juice - just make a paste and use a warm cloth. From effortless oven cleaning to degreasing counters, scrubbing floors and decks. Slightly ...