Taking a small break from The Dreaded Essay I am going to post the recipe I invented earlier.

Fry some chicken chopped very small with an onion and some garlic and when the onion is translucent and the chicken seared (about seven minutes if you start with frozen) put in some water and bring it to the boil. Once done add rice, peas and green beans. You could probably add other veg if you wished. Put in a significant amount of chicken stock and vegetable stock and add pinches of thyme, sage, parsley and oregano to taste. In order to make the sauce fry some onions coated lightly with flour and then slowly add some milk, a large dash of cooking sherry and some vegetable stock granuals, then simmer for a bit. For the vegetarian I made a smaller version with all meat removed. Took less than half an hour interspered with helping the Thanksgiving preparations for tomorrow (which we are celebrating as 70% of my friends are homesick Americans) and probably less if you synch the sauce with the rice.