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pinkypink
 
Living In: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Member Since: Dec. 2006
Cooking Level: Intermediate
Cooking Interests: Baking, Slow Cooking, Asian, Indian, Middle Eastern, Healthy, Vegetarian, Dessert, Quick & Easy, Gourmet
Hobbies: Reading Books, Music, Wine Tasting
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About this Cook
I'm a public librarian from Toronto, which is one of the most diverse cities in the world. I'm very lucky, because I've been exposed to so many different types of food and styles of cooking. I can also easily ATTEMPT these dishes at home, because its easy to find the ingredients at various ethnic stores. Also, downtown Toronto has amazing markets, so I buy almost all of my ingredients for cooking local and fresh. I also love eating out, because Toronto has amazing restaurants in all different types of cooking, so that's one of my favourite past times too.
My favorite things to cook
I'm a new vegetarian, so lately I've been trying to replace my former meat dishes with veggie alternatives. I'm always looking for healthy dishes using fresh ingredients. I also like making muffins (banana, rhubarb, zucchini, blueberry, ect), because I grew up on healthy, home-made muffins, and they're perfect to take to work.
My favorite family cooking traditions
I like cooking the dishes that I grew up on, but because I live in the city and have been exposed to such great ingredients, I try and make them more modern. Instead of using canned ingredients, I used fresh. Instead of using dried herbs, I used fresh too. I love to make the dishes I grew up on, more refined.
Recipe Reviews 212 reviews
Tofu Sandwich Spread
I actually like the taste of this one better than the real stuff. I used silken tofu, capers, fresh dill, and 1/4 cup of vegan mayo. This stuff rocks!!! If you use vegan mayo, my nutritional calculator says that each serving has only 69 Cal and 2.8g of fat!!! Two BIG thumbs up for eggless salad!

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Reviewed On: Nov. 18, 2009
Red Velvet Cake III
Needed a quick red cake, for my vampire themed party. I wanted to try the other recipe from scratch, but I didn't have time to do a test batch, so I just went with this one. I ended up making cupcakes they turned out great! Everybody loved them. This is yet another great "doctored" cake mix on this site!!!

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Reviewed On: Nov. 18, 2009
Beet Salad with Goat Cheese
This is probably one of my favourite salad recipes on here. The orange dressing alone makes it five stars!

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Reviewed On: Nov. 9, 2009
 
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