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stinkerbellsmom
 
Living In: Bristol, Tennessee, USA
Member Since: Jan. 2007
Cooking Level: Expert
Cooking Interests: Baking, Grilling & BBQ, Stir Frying, Slow Cooking, Mexican, Southern
Hobbies: Photography, Reading Books, Music
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About this Cook
I am married and my husband and I have 2 daughters, ages 7 and 2. My husband is a bit of a picky eater, so sometimes I'm limited in what new things I can try. My husband also works this crazy swing shift, so I am really always on the lookout for dinners that can be prepared quickly when he is working nightshift (he loves taking leftovers to work - he really loves to rub my homecooking in the faces of the co-workers whose wives don't cook.)
My favorite things to cook
I love to cook everything: beef, chicken, pork, pasta, you name it.
My favorite family cooking traditions
I love coming up with new dishes that my family love and that I can pass along to my daughters.
My cooking triumphs
I can cook a mean turkey!
My cooking tragedies
My husband will never let me forget about baking some chicken one time about 12 years ago. I had coated it in flour and hadn't oiled the baking pan properly. When it was finished cooking, the chicken still had white flour on it - my husband looked at it and said the chicken looked like it was on cocaine. He has never let me forget about, what he calls, the "chickaine."
Recipe Reviews 2 reviews
Slow Cooker Chicken and Dumplings
My husband is a picky eater and he LOVES this recipe. I have made chicken and dumplings pretty much this way for the past 10-11 years. These are the only differences in what I do: I go ahead and boil the chicken until it is done before I put it in the crockpot. (With a 6 year old and a 1 year old, I worry about the chicken not getting done enough in the crockpot). I use no butter and no onion; I use 3 cans of cream of chicken soup and use enough milk to fill 2 1/2 of the soup cans. And I sprinkle some black pepper in the mix. We are lucky to have leftovers - we usually have just enough left for one bowl, plus enough for my husband to take to work with him for lunch. None of his co-workers have wives that actually cook, and they all bring frozen microwave dinners to work. My husband LOVES to tease them with his homecooked meals, especially when he has chicken and dumplings!

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Reviewed On: Nov. 28, 2007
The Whole Jar of Peanut Butter Cookies
This is a terrific recipe. . . and it is soooo easy to make (I have a 6 year old and a 1 year old, so I appreciate easy recipes.) Like some other reviewers, 8 to 9 minutes is plenty of cooking time for a softer cooker, unless you prefer crispier cookies. My mom makes terrific peanut butter cookies and these rival her's!! When I first made these last winter, we couldn't stop eating them! My picky husband even liked these, as did everyone else.

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Reviewed On: Oct. 28, 2007
 
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