Recipes-not-recipes #10 + #11

Brothy beans and stocky chicken maketh a meal.

To me there is nothing more perfect than a cool, bright, blue sky autumn Saturday. Strangely being slightly hungover makes it even better – like more of a reward to leave your bed (after hitting snooze five times), rush to get a coffee, then meet friends for an early lunch of a tightly packed, oozing square of lasagne as the sun warms your face. Cooler evenings and this seasonal shift call for a return of brothy beans and chicken suppers. My friend Hennie managed to turn chicken breasts (not my fave part on account of its inherent dryness) into succulent, tender morsels of goodness. Add aioli and chopped herbs and you have lunch and dinner on repeat. Here’s how…