Marie Cookpad

  It hard to believe that tomorrow, the 25th of February, it is Pancake Day. This was a day that we used to really look forward to when I was a child because it was the only day my mom would make us pancakes, so it was a once a year treat for us! I am sure my mom's arms got tired standing at the stove cooking them for us!  We ate our fill!  She had an old wearever aluminium griddle pan that she used.     It looked just like this and after many, many years of use, it was bowed in the middle and no longer sat flat on the burners.  My mom never ever had any other set of pots and pans and these were all she used until the day she passed away.  I am not sure what my sister did with them.  I suspect she gave or threw them away.  They had no real value except for nostalgia's sake.   As a food blogger it can be somewhat of a challenge to show you something different each year  when it comes to days like pancake day.  This year I a...

  One thing that children really enjoy for their suppers here in the UK are Fish Fingers, Chips and Beans.  Its a simple meal and quick to throw together, making it a firm favourite with mums as well. I confess that from time to time, Todd and I also enjoy it.  It can be as simple as opening frozen packets and tins, popping the fish and chips into the oven and the beans into a saucepan to heat up. I, however, always like to add a little twist to my baked beans which I am sharing with you today.    Every month I am the lucky recipient of a Degustabox.  Once a month, around the middle of the month, I am sent 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. Always a surprise, and always filled with things that pique my interest and desire to try. Degustabox is a monthly foodie subscription service that sends out a range of...