Marie Cookpad

  It got really cold here yesterday (Monday).  It was raining and blustery. The perfect soup day.  I had been wanting to cook this Cheddar & Corn Chowder for a really long time and I decided it was the perfect day!   Normally I make this Corn Chowder Recipe.   It is one that I have been making for years and years and years. It is the recipe my children grew up on.  I used to make it every Sunday after church. It was and is a real family favourite!    Another one which we make and really like is this Chicken & Corn Chowder Recipe .   I've been making that one for years also.  I got the recipe out of one of those little cookbook magazines you used to be able to find buy next to the til's at the Grocery store. Its a real winner!   This Cheddar & Corn Chowder recipe is a bonafide true winning recipe however.   I clipped it out of a magazine many years ago.  I am afraid I don't know which magazine however ...

  Todd has been busy picking blackberries these past few days.  They are coming fast and furious now!  Its a good thing we like them. I do try to freeze as many as I can for winter crumbles and such, but I also like to bake Todd a few tasty desserts with them as well!   Nothing could be easier than this Easy Blackberry Galette Recipe!  It has to be one of the quickest, simplest things to make, and its really delicious and tasty when done.   You can make your own pastry for it if you wish.  I highly recommend my Butter and Lard pastry. It is what I like to use for all of my pies and pastries, sweet and savoury.   I also keep ready made all butter short crust pastry in the freezer for use in last minute desserts such as this galette, which makes it even quicker and easier, literally totally NON-FAFF!   Just unroll it, and place it on a baking sheet lined with baking paper . . .   Pile your picked and cleaned fresh berries in the middle....