Dreamtime Sail - Our Galley

  In general, provisioning means "providing" or making something available. As world or coastal cruisers the purpose of provisioning food is to acquire the raw and auxiliary materials needed to make meals with the best quality produce at the lowest possible cost to sustain life on the ocean for a period of time. Karen began provisioning at the ripe old age of 10. She accompanied her father on monthly trips from Airlie Beach to Mackay where they would buy provisions for their charter boat "Wahoo". She learnt the importance of buying right and storing correctly so there was always enough fresh food for the paying guests each day. Karen told Multihull Central in a recent interview, "It’s a good feeling to know that you can “fend for yourself”. In recent world developments relating to COVID19 I realised how well prepared we were for self isolation. We didn't need to panic buy we had all the provisions we needed to head to sea for 76 days, before needing to repr...

  Ingredients  450g 2 chicken breasts, sliced horizontally  1 cup frozen chopped spinach thawed and squeezed dry 1 cup cream cheese softened 1/3 cup cream 4 cloves garlic, minced 1/4 teaspoon salt  1/2 teaspoon onion powder  1/4 teaspoon chilli powder  1/4 teaspoon black pepper  1 teaspoon Italian seasoning  1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese  Small jar sun dried tomatoes, drained with 1 tablespoon of oil reserved, and chopped 3/4 cup mozzarella cheese, grated 1 tablespoon fresh chopped parsley Let’s get Cooking  Preheat your oven to 200ºC In a bowl, whisk together the spinach, cream cheese, and heavy cream. Add half the garlic, salt, onion powder, chili powder, black pepper, and Italian seasoning and beat to combine. Add parmesan cheese and 1/2 of the mozzarella cheese and continue whisking to combine. Lay the chicken breasts flat in the bottom of a large baking dish. Season the chicken breasts with salt, pepper and the remaining half of th...