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Charlene1234
 
Home Town: Vista, California, USA
Living In: Springfield, Oregon, USA
Member Since: Dec. 2006
Cooking Level: Intermediate
Cooking Interests: Baking, Asian, Mexican
Hobbies: Scrapbooking, Knitting, Quilting, Sewing, Gardening, Camping
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Me and my family
About this Cook
I started cooking when I was in High School and my sister and I would plan meals once a week, do lots of baking and several years ago I took a few gourmet cooking classes.
My favorite things to cook
Baking is one of my favorite things because it's my kid's favorite thing for me to make! An appreciative audience is always welcome!
My favorite family cooking traditions
We have a Scrambled Egg Casserole every Christmas morning. We make it a night or two beforehand and keep it in the fridge. I'm trying to find things that my kids will like enough for me to make them regularly! Picky eaters run in the family.
My cooking triumphs
Oh I think most of my dishes turn out pretty well.
My cooking tragedies
My kids let me know often if it's terrible... but they think most things are terrible to eat. Except for my youngest daughter who eats everything! She's my best taste-tester! I have nearly set the house on fire while boiling water!! 3 little kids really messes with my mind... Mommy Brain!!
Recipe Reviews 43 reviews
Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
The butter is the key! Well salt is also necessary but in the past i've just toasted them with salt after cleaning them in water, but adding butter is SO much better! I can't wait to make these again!!!! They were incredible and they didn't last long unfortunately! :-)

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Reviewed On: Oct. 29, 2009
French Onion Soup Gratinee
Excellent. I loved it. I had to make a couple changes b/c of ingredients on hand, but it still turned out delicious. I used half chicken stock and half beef stock - 32oz of each. Thought I had Balsamic Vinegar but couldn't find it so had to use apple Cider Vinegar. I will try it according to recipe next time but this tasted great too. Just so good! I also used croutons b/c I didn't want to go out to store for bread and it worked in a pinch, I know it's not the same but it was good. You can also make your own croutons by cubing bread, tossing with butter and toasting. I'm going to have to go out and buy some oven-safe bowls now! I put it in bowls and put it under my toaster broiler, which worked great. Just use oven-safe bowls for this obviously. lol

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Reviewed On: Oct. 26, 2009
Outrageous Chocolate Chip Cookies
Delicious! I thought there might be too many chocolate chips, but it wasn't. I doubled this recipe and had to hide some of them to keep the kids and dh from eating them all the first day! They can be put in a ziplock bag and then I stored them in a tupperware container for a couple weeks and they were still fresh as can be. This combo is really good and the peanut butter isn't overly peanutty. Thanks for this recipe!

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Reviewed On: Oct. 25, 2009
 
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