Marie Cookpad

  I had to create/cook/photograph a recipe for an online site I write for yesterday and I had a quantity of leftover browned ground steak leftover.  I didn't want it to go to waste, and I wanted to create something tasty and slightly different with it.   Oh, I know I could have used this in a bolognese, but Todd's not a fan of pasta . . .  and I could have used it in a cottage pie, but again, I've done that many times on here.   Todd loves curry anything . . .  anything. If it has curry in the title he is first in line. He is so British.  The Brits love curries. Surprisingly, Curry is consistently in the top ten of British favourite foods, second only to fish and chips!    I confess it was a British friend who introduced me to curry about 39 years ago now.  My ex and I were stationed at the BATUS (British Army Training Unit Services) base in Suffield, Alberta.  We made some great friends with the British.   Some of our best fri...

  Rice pudding is a dessert that we are awfully fond of in this house. In fact I would have to say that it is one of Todd's favourite desserts of all time.   We are also really fond of Sticky Toffee Pudding, and who isn't  . . .  with its moist date cake and lush toffee sauce!  Its just wow.   The shop where we buy most of our groceries  puts out a little magazine each month filled with content particular to whatever  month it might be.  Its free.   I always pick it up and bring it home to have a look through.  Sometimes I see recipes I would like to try, sometimes I don't.   In the October issue there was a recipe for Sticky Toffee Rice Pudding.  It immediately caught my attention!   I knew that Todd would really enjoy it. He's always asking me to make him rice pudding . . .   Today was the day. There is no sugar in the rice pudding itself. It relies on the sweetness from chopped dates to flavour it, and some va...