Marie Cookpad

  I really love skillet meals like this Cheesy Tuna Pasta.  Meals/entrees that can be cooked all in one pan on top of the stove.  In the summer they are especially welcome as they don't heat up the kitchen like oven bakes do.   This Cheesy Tuna Pasta is just like your favourite Tuna Casserole, except it is cooked in a skillet.  Amazingly there is no need to cook the pasta first.  It cooks right in the pan with everything else, which also helps to cut down on the washing up!   So what do you need to cook a fantastic meal like this?  Nothing unsual.  Its simple, economical, quick and easy to make. small pasta shapes (I used smaller size macaroni) Albacore white tuna (I only ever buy albacore) whole milk (homogenised, don't use a lower fat milk, the richeness of the sauce comes from the use of whole milk) water butter dry mustard powder sweet paprika (the opposite of hot paprika) greated strong cheddar cheese (don't be tempted to use pre-grated ...

  The recipe I am sharing with you today proves  that you can make a salad  out of just about anything.  I was very lucky the other day that my good friend Tina picked me up a head of iceberg lettuce and left it on my doorstep.  You never know what you are going to miss until you can't get it. That is precisely when you are going to start craving it, and all last week I had a craving for lettuce and cabbage.  Thankfully Tina was able to get me both!   I am quite lucky in that I have a fair amount of meat and fish in the freezer, mostly chicken of course, but I think I might have some pork chops in there somewhere, and maybe a piece of lamb. In any case I used some of the chicken to create this fabulous Almost Fried Chicken Salad!   You can use chicken tenders if that is all you have to use. I cut chicken breasts into strips, and then rolled them in some buttermilk and then a flavourful dry coating mixture, of flour, dry bread crumbs and a mis of h...

  This casserole I am sharing today is an oldie but a goodie, taken from the pages of my Big Blue Binder. I wish I had a dollar/pound for every time I have made this through the years. I would be a very wealthy woman. This is one of my tried and trues, and family tested recipes!   It is very similar to a cottage  pie. My father always loved cottage pie.  Cottage pie is quite different than Shepherd's Pie.  A Cottage pie is usually made with beef and a Shepherd's pie is usually made with lamb. This casserole always goes down a real treat.  It is a little bit different than most Cowboy Casseroles which you may see out there in that I add herbs and vegetables to mine.   I still use the cream soup . . . but  the addition of Worcestershire Sauce, Mushroom ketchup, tomato ketchup really enhances the flavours of this lovely stand by.  It is very like a cottage pie . . . but with a tater tot covering instead of mash. Of course if you are a tinne...

  I took the opportunity the other day to make another recipe using some of that delicious Jack Daniel's BBQ sauce I was sent last week.  I had in mind to make my Cheeseburger Skillet Dinner for  supper one night and decided to add some of the sauce to it with most delicious results!    JACK DANIELS BBQ SAUCE RANGE  All suitable for VEGANS (except for the HONEY BBQ GLAZE) With Jack Daniel’s Sauces, it’s easy to surprise and delight family and friends. Simply serve up luxuriously sticky, glazed chicken wings and ribs, add depth to ‘low and slow’ dishes like pulled pork or beef brisket, or use the sauces as a delicious dip for fries, wedges and veggies. The latest addition to the range is Jack Daniel’s® Tennessee Honey™ Barbecue Glaze, which is infused with the soft flavours of the popular Jack Daniel’s® Tennessee Honey™ Liqueur, giving the glaze a smooth hint of honey. Each Jack Daniel’s Sauce is virtually fat-free with around 40 calories per typical...