Madeira Cake

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Do you have those moments where a craving strikes you out of the blue.  And you need to have it now or the end of the world will happen.

Ok, well, *cough, cough* NOT the END of the world.  But, it does come close.

It happened to me on Saturday.  I was sitting pretty, reading this book (which by the way, if you have not read it yet – you best get cracking, because its AWESOME) when suddenly I wanted needed something sweet.

But, I did not want ice cream, or a piece of Baci, or a spoonful of nutella.

My usual go-to “kill the craving” options.

At first I thought I was sick.

But then I closed my eyes to visualize what I really wanted and an image appeared out of nowhere.

I wanted cake.

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Mediterranean Chicken [on the fly]

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That is what I’m calling this last minute, “lets-see-what I have in the refrigerator to cook the chicken with”.

As I mentioned before, I’m supper gutsy when it comes to cooking savory recipes.  I tend to go a bit off the beaten path and cook with my heart and with no set of rules. 

Sort of like how my mother cooks - By the seat of our pants.

I cannot help myself from deviating as soon as I start any given recipe that I’m trying out.  I blame the fact that I read tons of recipes – I have over 100 cookbooks, 5 different subscriptions to major food magazines and over 50 feeds to food blogs that I read daily in my reader.  When I want to make a recipe with one single ingredient, I tap all of these motivation sources by pulling bits and pieces of every single thing that I read, saw or even tasted.

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