Marie Cookpad

  We have had a rather gloomy and rainy few days now. Soup days. That's what I call them.  Today I was feeling very nostalgic for home and I decided to cook us up a delicious Nova Scotia Fish Chowder.  A taste of home sweet home for me.   This recipe is not quite as rich as my other recipe for fish chowder , which contains carrots and celery and cream.  This is a really simple and basic recipe which is typically Nova Scotian and was adapted from an old cookery book of  mine entitled "Out of Old Nova Scotia Kitchens" by Marie Nightingale.   It is a treasure trove of historic Nova Scotian recipes.  My family has been in Nova Scotia before even the first settlers arrived on its shores.  I have Mi'kmaq ancestry as well as Scottish, English, Irish, German, etc.  I am a virtual melting pot of Nova Scotia peoples, as most of us are.   For this chowder I used some beautiful Haddock fillets. I get my haddock  from Seafresh quality food...

  Fish for Friday today with a delicious Asian Glazed Salmon!  You can't go wrong with a delicious boneless and skinless Salmon fillet.  I have never been fond of skin on my fish.  To me it is a bit of a turn off, so that is why I really love these boneless and skinless salmon fillets I get from Seafresh .    Their fish is so amazing.  I have never had any fish from them that I didn't like.  Its frozen fresh at the source and so it is some of  the freshest fish that you can find.  Their salmon fillets are absolutely gorgeous. Boneless and skinless and individually frozen so that you can take out as many or as few as you want to cook at any given time.    At the moment when those of us who are self isolating are unable to get the shops and home delivery slots are really difficult to get, shopping at online shops like Seafresh is the way to go!  They make it so easy to shop.  Just log on to their easy to use shop, ...

  Todd always likes to complain that I have too much food in the house.  I do like to keep the fridge and freezer full and I have a healthy store cupboard.  The last time I went to Canada without him, he made a huge dent in the store cupboard.  He bragged that he didn't have to spend more than £10 a week on groceries. (I seriously doubt that, but you know men!)  In any case I reckon he must have had the strangest meals, made up of whatever tinned food he could get his hands on. I dare not think of it.  I can only tell you that it took me a while to build it back up again, and he broke the can opener when I was away.   I can tell you one thing, however  . . .  in these past couple of weeks he has come to appreciate my store cupboard in a way he never has before.  I confess I am a bit worried that we won't be able to make it last.  We are quite lacking in fruits and vegetables.  I have tried to create an online order for some, bu...