Marie Cookpad

  I recently got myself a new cookbook.  I know.  I have plenty of cookbooks, but this one appeared to be filled with delicious looking simple recipes.    Half Baked Harvest Super Simple by Tieghan Gerard.  So far  I have not been disappointed.  Every recipe I have tried from the book has been excellent.  I highly recommend.   This is a recipe which really intrigued me. Not only was it pasta, which I love, but it was a rif on those tinned spaghetti hoops that children love . . .  with one exception . . .  it is a more grown up version.   It is also perfectly sized for two, which meant that I got to enjoy some on the day and then enjoy a second feast on it the day after.  I cooked something else completely for Todd. As you know he is not overly fond of pasta, although he does like tinned spaghetti.  Go figure.   The cookbook author used anelli for hers, which are a type of hoop pasta. I didn't have anything l...

  Todd had his pre-op assessment at the hospital today for his hernia operation, which they will hopefully be doing the end of January.  I knew he would be really tired and possibly even stressed when he got home from the hospital.    There is so much waiting involved and sitting about.  I wanted to make him something special to enjoy after his dinner and so I took out that cookbook I bought the other week, Cookies In A Pan, by Sabrina Fauda-Role.      That cover cookie looked fabulously delicious and I just happened to have some raspberries in the refrigerator.  This was the perfect excuse to use some of them and to make him feel a bit special.   I did add some white chocolate chips to amp them up a bit.  I just thought, white chocolate and raspberries go so very well together, why not!   These pan cookies go together very quickly and are so easy to make. You simply make the whole thing right in the skillet!   You wh...

  You are sure to love this recipe I am sharing with you today. Not only is it very unusual, but it is also quick, easy and delicious!      A skillet sized chocolate chunk cookie that bakes on top of the stove, right in the skillet!   I told myself that this year I wasn't going to buy myself any more cookery books, but then the other day when I had gone to Gordale to buy my Christmas cards, lo and behold, this little book jumped right into my basket!  How could I resist however.  Cookies in a Pan by Sabrina Fauda-Role.  It was just far too tempting and the price was right, only £3.99.  A real bargain.   Everything for the cookie gets mixed together right in the pan.  Melted butter, egg, flour, sugar and baking powder . . .  I added some vanilla paste because I am quite unable to leave things well alone, and a chocolate chunk cookie with vanilla is to me perfection.   You spread the batter out in the pan, press some ch...