Marie Cookpad

   I am sure that this recipe I am sharing today is nothing new to you. I have been baking it for years and I am pretty sure you have too.  Its just so good that I felt that I needed to share it with you, just in case there are some of you that have not heard of it or baked it.   I adore breakfast cakes!  I mean, Cake for breakfast???  What's not to like about that!   And this is a most amazing breakfast cake. Some might call it a coffee cake, but over here in the UK a coffee cake is a cake flavoured with coffee and I didn't want any confusion, so although  those of you who are visiting from North America might see this as a coffee cake, here in the UK, it would be a breakfast cake.  A cake that you would enjoy for breakfast or brunch with a hot drink or cuppa as those are often called.  Are you confused yet? I hope not!   This is truly a lovely cake with a cake type of bottom, flavoured with almond and vanilla and enriched wit...

  I had in mind the other day to make some Fish Finger Tacos.  I got everything ready to go and realised I didn't have any flour tortillas, and so I did what every capable cook does, I improvised.  I had some finger buns in the house and so I turned them into sandwiches instead, with most excellent results!!  We both really enjoyed these and they made a change from our regular fish finger sandwiches, The World's Best Fish Finger Buttie!   We liked them every bit as much which is saying a lot, as my other ones are plenty delicious, let me tell you!   I like to use Cod fish fingers, made from sustainable cod.  I also like to use the larger ones versus the smaller ones as you get more cod per finger and less breading/coating.  You also don't get as many in a pack, but that's okay with us. If you would rather use the smaller ones, then by all means do so!    I popped them onto a baking sheet and sprinkled them with taco seasoning to give the...

  We've been having a lot of fun with our Space Grill over these last few weeks.  The Weather has been just gorgeous, warm, sunny and dry.  I think this is the warmest driest summer on record in quite a long while.  Here in Chester we have had a few showers, which has been good, and in fact the other morning when I got up it was raining and there was a rainbow to greet me.  In any case this has been the perfect weather for BBQ'ing and Grilling and we have been using our grill almost every single day!  The other day I decided to try foil pack grilling on it and did a variety of chicken packs.  These are individual chicken dinners all put together in one foil packet, including the chicken and a side/sauce, etc.  Very easy to do and very easy to cook!  I did a Sweet and Sour Chicken pack, a Hunters Chicken and Potato pack, and a Honey Mustard Chicken & Sweet Potato pack, each one being very delicious in their own right.   You simply pu...

  I hope you can take another chicken recipe!  Yes we do eat a lot of chicken in this house. No surprise there, it is quite economical and very adaptable.  You could probably eat chicken every day of the week and have it prepared in a different  and delicious way each and every time.  You can never have too many chicken recipes to my way of thinking!    I dare say I could write a book filled with chicken recipes alone!  I am always pushing the boundaries with this wonderfully versatile protein and adapting it to new flavours!   Because there are only two of us, I do like to buy free-range organic corn-fed chicken.  I think it tastes better, especially if you are going to use it on its own, where the taste of the chicken really matters.  Today I just used free-range as the chicken was going to be taking on a lot of other flavours.    I don't remember ever really having chicken very often when I was a child.  We mostly ...