Another great foodgawker find!  This recipe is from a blog called Picture The Recipe which is spot on because the picture of it totally lured me in.  And then I read the ingredients… I have to be honest, the idea of cooking with mayo didn’t inspire me, but this looked too good not to give it the benefit of the doubt. And I’m sure I’ve seen Hellmann’s promoting recipes that heat up mayo so I figured I’d give...

Well, as Fifi mentioned in her last post, Autumn is right upon our doorstep, and with it comes crisp air, the rich, musty scent of Autumn leaves, and warming food that sticks to your ribs. Count me in! Being an American, cold-weather food for me will always have to include casseroles, and this is just one of many that I like to foist upon Fi. This one’s a bit different though; a result of a lot of tinkering with combinations, that owes a...

Apologies for the recent radio silence but life got very stupidly busy all at once, as Hubby started a new job (in the Scottish food industry, no less!) and my gorgeous scrumptious beautiful nephew arrived into the world!  So yes, much distraction has abounded of late, but hopefully this is me back in the blogging swing of things And to ease me gently back in, a mind-boggling easy recipe that a work chum shared with me years ago and became an...

You really can’t go wrong with Delia, and this recipe is as wonderfully tasty as it is easy.  I tried it for the first time about a year ago and it’s become a firm favourite in our house.  The prep may seem like a bit of a flaff, all that chopping of endless green, but it’s totally worth it.   The lime starts to cook the chicken while it’s marinating, and coupled with the literal flash-in-the-pan cooking time results in amazingly tender chicken...