Marie Cookpad

  We have just enjoyed a wonderful Bank Holiday weekend, with beautiful sunny and warm weather!  Its been really gorgeous!  That makes a change, as the norm is rainy, cold and wet on a bank holiday!    We took advantage of the sunshine to have our first BBQ of the season!  This isn't something we can usually plan well ahead of time.  You have to strike when the iron is hot, so to speak . . .  make hay while the sun shines!    I had some leftover potatoes from the day before, which I divided between two foil packs. I just sprinkled them with some cheese and let it all melt into them while they heated on on the corner of the BBQ.     I thought the star of the meal was going to be two thick and meaty bone in pork chops that I had brined, ready for cooking.  We got our chops at Costco and they really are lovely . . .  loin chops with the rib bone attached, each about 1 inch thick.  Simply gorgeous.  For two...

    I have to say we are really enjoying our new Space Grill . It could not have come at a better time, with all of this lovely dry and sunny warm weather we have been enjoying. Its been a real pleasure to actually have a reliable and easy to use grill so that I can do all of our cooking out of doors, without having to heat up the stove or the whole house in the process!    The other day I was able to cook our whole dinner on this new Grill, with the exception of the initial boiling of the potatoes for my roadkill potatoes.  I think this Grill is absolutely amazing.  I have never been able to do that before.  Cook my whole meal on the grill.  Its like having an outdoor stove.  It really is very user friendly, and so simple to crack open and cook on.   I was able to cook the steaks which I had been marinating in my killer  marinade for a couple of hours on the grill grate side  . . .    While on the cast iron grill pl...