Marie Cookpad

  I'm here today with another recipe that I have downsized for the smaller family, Mapled Pork Chops.  Oh boy, but these chops always make my pork chop loving husband drool when he knows I am making them!   They are so simple to make and oh-so-delicious!  There is no frying involved. You simply pop the chops into a baking dish, top them with a special flavour mixture, cover and then bake! Easy peasy lemon squeasy!    The original full-sized version comes from a cookbook I have entitled,  Recipes Worth Sharing, recipes from America's most loved Community Cookbooks.     Its original attribution is the Community Cookbook entitled,  If You Can't Stand the Heat, Get Out of the Kitchen , by the Junior Service League of Independence Missouri.    I have always loved Community Cookbooks. They are real gems filled with the favourite, tried and trues of communities of good cooks! You can't beat them, and this recipe is a prime exa...

  As promised yesterday I am back today with a delicious casserole that you can make with some of your leftover cooked pork.  I think that this casserole would also work well with leftover cooked chicken, beef or lamb as well.   It does use a tin of condensed cream soup.  For pork and chicken I would use cream of chicken, but you can use any of them . . .  cream of celery . . .  cream of mushroom . . . all are good.   If you have a problem with using tinned soup, and I understand that some of you might, feel free to make a cream sauce to use in it's place substituting half of the measure of milk with some chicken stock.   Personally I am not a soup snob. I always have tins of condensed soup in my larder and consider them to be a valuable item in my store cupboard ingredients.  We never eat them as soup, only as a addition to other dishes, such as this tasty casserole!   If you have leftover cooked rice, it works well here, or you can use...

  Not everyone likes Turkey for Christmas Dinner. I know growing up my father and sister were not overly fond of turkey, although we did always have it. Traditions die hard.  This wonderful recipe I am sharing with you today makes a delectable alternative for  your holiday meal, or for any other meal where you will be entertaining guests over the holidays, perhaps even for New Years Eve!   Picture a succulent tender pork loin, perfectly roasted with a tangy orange marmalade & grainy mustard glaze.  This is really delicious!    As you know I am the lucky recipient of the gift of a Degustabox each month. Once a month, around the middle of the month, I am gifted with one of these lovely boxes which contain a delicious assortment of all things foodie.  I just love these boxes.  Opening each one is tiny a bit like opening a Christmas gift to me. Always a surprise, and always filled with things that pique my interest and desire to t...