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BarbB
 
Home Town: Harts, West Virginia, USA
Living In: Dexter, Michigan, USA
Member Since: Sep. 2007
Cooking Level: Expert
Cooking Interests: Baking, Grilling & BBQ, Frying, Stir Frying, Slow Cooking, Mexican, Italian, Southern, Dessert, Quick & Easy
Hobbies: Gardening, Boating, Biking, Walking, Fishing, Photography, Reading Books, Painting/Drawing
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Sugar Cookie Icing
About this Cook
I am a born again christian and best friend and wife to my husband Michael. I am a stay at home mom to our four children. I love to read and study the Bible and listen to sermons. I enjoy cooking when I can do it in my own quiet time and am not rushed. I love to try new dishes on a regular basis. I enjoy computer hobbies when I can find time for them. If you'd like to read more about me go to www.myspace.com/farleydtr
My favorite things to cook
I love to try a large variety of foods and I honestly cannot say that I have a favorite thing to cook other than cookies. I am obsessed with making cookies for some reason :)
My favorite family cooking traditions
Southern Food. My mom taught me from a young age to cook southern food. T
My cooking triumphs
Pulling off the entire Thanksgiving Dinner for our family without a large amount of time to prep the day before.
My cooking tragedies
Lemon Meringue Pie: I rushed this one when I should have taken my time. I have to admit I do not have a fail proof tried and true recipe for a great pie crust but had used this particular one before so I thought that I was safe rushing :) Not! That crust was awful. I am not sure what I did wrong with it. I also accidentally added the whites to the batter instead of saving for my Meringue topping. It was just a complete wreck. I think it was just an off night for me.
Recipe Reviews 78 reviews
Canned Apple Pie Filling
The filling tastes great! I think eventually when I get around to actually making a pie from these I will add a touch more spice and possibly a touch more sugar but I like that I can do that later with this :) I think this is excellent as is and I really appreciate the recipe. I ended up only having 8 large apples so this made 4 Quarts of Apple Pie Filling and I just canned the filling only in the other jars :) Why Not? I ended up with roughly 2 Quarts of Filling Only (without apples). I will just use those with fresh apples one day :) I will definitely be using this recipe over and over again. I did add about 1/2 tsp allspice to mine for personal preference and my teaspoons of cinnamon were heaping :D I will update when I make a pie :)

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Reviewed On: Sep. 24, 2009
Chicken and Biscuit Casserole
Yum! Hit the spot! I wanted something different and I saw a recipe for something similar to this but used canned soup,etc and I wanted something not using soups. This was it! Thank you! I enjoyed my dinner tonight and the only thing that I changed was the veggies. I used onion,celery and broccoli pieces instead of carrots and peas. I am positive that carrots and peas would be great as well. I was just craving a broccoli dish. I used bisquick and buttermilk for my biscuits and I replaced basil in this recipe with Mrs.Dash Tomato,Basil,Garlic Seasoning. I also cooked the biscuits separately from the mixture and enjoyed it this way.

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Reviewed On: Apr. 21, 2009
Tex-Mex Burger with Cajun Mayo
I will update when I have cooked these burgers but I did want to say that the smell is AMAZING :) I can hardly wait to cook them. I am freezing these 3 days prior to cooking them on the grill to save time down the road. I did not change the original recipe much but had to for some things as this is what I had on hand. I doubled this recipe more or less. I had about 3 1/2 lbs of ground beef. I only had jar sliced jalepenos and used about 12 of those. I used 1 Cup diced onions,2 cloves garlic,and had no worch.sauce so I substitued 2 TBSP of A-1 Sauce. I also doubled the Cajun Seasoning for the meat mixture. I made 10 good sized hamburger patties out of this meat and had enough leftover meat to do something additional. I decided to do the following: I will be using leftover meat for tacos or a casserole. I added about 2 Tsp of Chili Pwdr to those and precooked the meat and allowed it to cool before adding to a freezer bag and we will either have it for lunch or I will put it in the freezer for another meal another day. Thank you for a great recipe! I just sampled the cooked meat mixture and I love it. It has a kick to it but we love spicy food! Just cut back on the Jalepeno if you do not like yours as spicy. MMM wish it was sunny and warm today this would be on the grill for sure! Thanks again. I will reveiw the burgers after we try those as well but so far I can't see why they wouldnt be just as great seeing as they will be topped with the pepper jack cheese

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Reviewed On: Apr. 21, 2009
 
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