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Ashley Clift
 
Home Town: Lakeport, Florida, USA
Living In: Cleveland, Tennessee, USA
Member Since: Jan. 2007
Cooking Level: Intermediate
Cooking Interests: Baking, Grilling & BBQ, Frying, Slow Cooking, Asian, Southern, Mediterranean, Low Carb, Kids, Quick & Easy
Hobbies: Gardening, Camping, Boating, Fishing, Hunting, Photography, Music
About this Cook
I'm married and have two girls. I live in southwest Florida. I enjoy being outdoors. In my spare time I like to hunt, fish, swim, sunbathe, atv ride, horse back ride, get together w/ family and friends.
My favorite things to cook
Chicken Alfredo
My favorite family cooking traditions
My grandmoms dressing at Thanksgiving. It is the best and very unique. My grandmom also makes the best pumpkin and pecan pies at Christmas and Thanksgiving. She always makes so many of them. They sure are the best.
My cooking triumphs
I'm great at frying pork chops to perfection. I've been told by quite a few people that they are the best they've ever had. I also make pretty darn good potato salad. My husbands favorite is my spaghetti. He doesn't like italian food to much and spaghetti is at the top of his do not eat list. Until he met me and tried mine. He now requests it often and raves about it being the best.
My cooking tragedies
The first time I ever cooked for my husband was when we were just dating. I told him I could make good biscuit sausage and gravy for breakfast. I left out that I used can biscuits. He was really craving that kinda breakfast and asked me to make it. He stated, I'm so glad you can make homemade biscuits, I hate that canned stuff. I guess he just assumed I could make them homemade. I just smiled and said I'd make them for him the next morning. I thought to myself, how hard could it be. I remembered seeing a biscuit recipe on the flour bag and the next morning I tried to pull it off. I made about three dozen biscuits that looked beautiful, but could have busted a window out if thrown at one. The last batch (the fourth dozen) wasn't as hard, so I presented those to him with tears. I was so embarassed, and exhausted. I had been cooking for hours. He felt so sorry for me he made himself a plate and actually attempted to eat it. He even told me it was good. I knew then I had to marry him.
Recipe Reviews 3 reviews
Pineapple Upside-Down Cake VII
I made one of these for Thanksgiving. It was soooo good! Everyone said it was the best they had ever had. I thought that was impressive being that most of them were experienced bakers. I have been asked to make this again to bring to our Christmas gathering.

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Reviewed On: Dec. 16, 2008
Delicious Ham and Potato Soup
This is amazing! I was looking for a potato soup like my great grandma's. This was just like except she used cream instead of milk. I did the same and it was amazing. I doubled the recipe and fed 4 small children and 4 adults. Every bit was gone! I would really recommend using cream instead of milk, it really gives it a nice rich flavor. Excellent recipe!

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Reviewed On: Dec. 7, 2008
Sam's Famous Carrot Cake
This was the first Carrot Cake I had ever made and I was striving to make it better than my mother in laws (who should have been a professional baker). This recipe had a lot of the same ingredients as her carrot cake and omg, did it turn out better than hers. The combination of everything is superb! I do not care much for raisins, but in this cake they were awesome! I don't think I'll try another carrot cake recipe again. The only change I made was I poured the batter into two round pans. I just like round cakes better. This one's a keeper!

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Reviewed On: Dec. 1, 2008
 
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