I made a fantastic dish tonight. I was wandering around Waitrose looking for something for dinner and I came across their ready-made potato dauphinoise. I picked it up and the thought occured that it was bloody easy to make and I'd be able to customise it to my own tastes. I'd not made my own for some time and I had a few ideas for it. I was fortunate in that they had Boursin garlic and herb soft cheese massively reduced to a quarter of its original price, so I snapped some up for the sauce. In cooking the dish, I sliced some potatoes, par-boiled them in home-made chicken stock while frying an onion. Once the potatoes were done, I drained the stock off and ladled it into the onions while adding the Boursin to make a nice creamy sauce. Once seasoned with salt and pepper and a teaspoon of mustard powder, I layered the potatoes and a sprinkle of grated mature cheddar cheese into a glass baking dish and poured on the sauce, topped with a little cheese and black pepper and stuck it in the oven for an hour. It was sensational and I ate far, far too much of it. I was so pleased I'd made the effort to cook it from scratch. It'd be a brilliant accompaniment to a chicken dish, and I must remember to add some thyme to the sauce next time.