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Pooter61
 
Living In: Canton, Michigan, USA
Member Since: Aug. 2007
Cooking Level: Expert
Cooking Interests: Baking, Slow Cooking, Mexican, Italian, Southern, Dessert, Quick & Easy
Hobbies: Gardening, Reading Books, Wine Tasting
About this Cook
I'm married and have a 21 year old son who is away at college. I no longer work outside the home as I have a disability that hinders my getting around. I love to decorate my home. I make wreaths, floral arrangements, sew curtains and do many other crafts. I also like to plan our garden. I draw everything out to scale then research the plants that we like. My husband is wonderful enough to do most all the work himself. I make all the potted plants for our yard. I love to bake but my hips show it! LOL
My favorite things to cook
My favorite things to cook would be anything Mexican. Enchalidas, tacos, burritos, refried beans. All with a lot of cheese. That's my favorite food! I also like to cook homemade spaghetti sauce. When I was first married my husband used to tell me that his spaghetti sauce was better than mine. It was an ongoing competition. Now he admits that no one, not even he can make sauce as good as mine. LOL I also like to make lasagna. That is a family favorite.
My favorite family cooking traditions
Lasagna, meatballs with beefy mushroom sauce, beef stroganoff, swiss chicken, frittatas and breakfast for dinner!
My cooking triumphs
A sit down Christmas dinner for 30 people. Complete with ham, kielbasa and sour kraut, pierogi, potato casserole, yams, green bean casserole and salad. For dessert I made 8 trays of cookies, bar cookies, brownies, fudge and mini cheesecakes. I planned that meal for 2 months!
My cooking tragedies
I had my in-laws and my parents over for Mothers Day brunch. I followed the directions to the "T" for a crock pot western omlette bake. It came out so dry we had to choke it down with milk! I was mortified. Especially in front of my Mother in-law who is a typical little Polish lady who cooks like a professional!! Next time I will make sure to do a test run on any new dish I want to serve to guests!
Recipe Reviews 9 reviews
Baked Potato Soup I
This is a very good basic recipe. I only gave it 4 stars because the first time I made it it had no flavor at all. The second time I made it I used 4 cups of whole milk and 3 cups of Chicken broth. I added about 4 heaping tsp. of chopped chives and 4 minced garlic cloves. I used 1 2/3 Cups of sour cream. This made it very rich and tasty. Instead of frying bacon I used the Oscar Mayer real bacon pieces that are sold in little pouches in the salad dressing isle. I didn't put any cheese in it at all as we don't care for it in potato soup.

1 user found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Jan. 21, 2009
Chocolate Butter-Creme Frosting
Like others here I had to double the recipe because the original doesn't make much. The double recipe frosted 24 cupcakes nicely. I used almond extract instead of the vanilla just for a little different taste.

1 user found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Sep. 8, 2008
Beefaroni
This is a decent base recipe but it was really bland as is. I made it a second time and simmered the saucee with some minced onion and garlic and oregano. I used a little more cheddar cheese since that's what we prefer. Like I said, a good base recipe. I just tweeked it to our taste is all.

0 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Aug. 31, 2008
 
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